Read the excerpt from Black Boy . My mother fell ill and the problem of food became an acute, daily agony. Hunger was with us always. Sometimes the neighbors would feed us or a dollar bill would come in the mail from my grandmother. It was winter and I would buy a dime’s worth of coal each morning from the corner coalyard and lug it home in paper bags. For a time I remained out of school to wait upon my mother, then Granny came to visit us and I returned to school. Through his personal experience, which social issue is Wright emphasizing?
Answer
A
the benefits of education for children
B
the benefits of certain types of energy
C
the effects of long distances on families
D
the effects of poverty on families
Explanation
Wright describes his family struggling to get enough food, relying on neighbors and occasional help from his grandmother. He also has to buy coal in small amounts and miss school to care for his ill mother. These details emphasize the effects of poverty on families, rather than distance, energy, or education.
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