Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia? a) They had lots of money.
b) They were just grateful that apartheid was ending.
c) Everyone around them was even poorer.
d )Their lives were rich with experience.

What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

a) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.
b) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
c) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.
d)She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.

Why was Trevor unable to call his father "dad" growing up? *
a) It would reveal that his father had slept with a black woman.
b) The author had a speech impediment and could not pronounce the word "dad."
c) His dad did not want a child cramping his style.
d) The author never met his father.

Plz im failing ela prompt: in a well-developed paragraph using the r. a.c. e. method, explain the allusion found in the advertisement. be sure to include an explanation of the character and how the allusion is used to sell the product. advertisement: excerpt from the christmas carol: use this information to deepen your understanding of the character. oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. he carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at christmas. race: use this organizational method to guide your writing- r – restate the prompt a – answer the prompt/questions c – cite evidence e – explain the evidence write your response here: