Which sentence describes the main theme about the bus boycott in Montgomery A. Black children were even more responsible for the success of the bus boycott than adults, as they used the bus more than anyone. B. Refusing to use the bus wasn’t difficult for black people, as they walked together and often shared their cars with each other. C. Black people in Montgomery succeeded in ending segregation on buses by working hard and not giving up on their protest. D. The bus boycott didn’t last very long, as the buses quickly gave into black people’s demands for desegregation

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme