Part A What inference can be drawn from "President Cleveland, Where Are You?"

Jerry's teacher, Sister Angela, is generally a fair and easy grader.

Jerry's schoolwork suffers because of his trading card obsession.

Armand guesses why Jerry feels bad about their father's birthday gift.

The boys lose interest in collecting cards when there are no longer cowboy cards.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the story best supports the answer in Part A?

"'It's all right,' he said gently. 'Maybe you've learned something.'"

"We looked at those cards so often that the biographies imprinted themselves on our minds without effort."

"The president cards were a roaring success and the cowboy cards were quickly forgotten."

"Sister Angela did not believe that anyone in the world ever deserved an A."

Part A

Armand guesses why Jerry feels bad about their father's birthday gift.

Part B

"'It's all right,' he said gently. 'Maybe you've learned something.'"

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.