Read the excerpt from Pink and Say. “No, no, my babies…my dear babies!” she cried. She was inconsolable for a time, then she sat still and afeared as she just listened.

“Mother, this war has to be won or this sickness that has taken our land will never stop.” Pink always called slavery “the sickness” when we talked. “We have to go.” He knelt at her feet.

By the look that came into her eyes, she’d known that this day was comin.’

I could feel my breathin’ catch. My chest was heavy.

Why does the author most likely include this excerpt in the story?

She shares Pink’s belief that the practice of slavery is spreading.

Unlike Moe Moe Bay, the author knows that war is a part of life.

Like Pink, she believes that slavery is very harmful to society.

She feels that Moe Moe Bay should do more to keep her son safe.

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.