How do the people referred to as "they" in the poem provoke the speaker to further discuss Chicago in lines 6-8? A) They describe Chicago's worst qualities , promoting the speaker to defend the city
B)The voice their distaste for city life, promoting the speaker to highlight the positives of all big cities
C) They discuss the challenges in Chicago, promoting the speaker to explain their unlikely success
D)They list the dangers of living in Chicago, promoting the speaker to defend their decision

Synthesizing new ideas from a speaker with what one already knows about the subject to see if the information makes sense is an example of a) questioning and challenging b) identifying differences c) forming a statement d) seeing the broader context

How to combine the two sentences in bold.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter