Connections and Predictions in Woody Guthrie's Biography
Question 5 • CCPS GSE Language Arts Grade 8 (23.01300) YL IC
Read the excerpt from This Land Was Made for You and Me.On March 3, 1940, Aunt Molly Jackson led off the evening at the Forrest Theater. The wife of a leading coal striker, she’d been organizing the miners and writing songs about the abysmal conditions of the Kentucky mines until death threats forced her to relocate to New York City.
Answer
A
She was asked to perform first because her songs were better than the other musicians’.
B
She started the performance because she was the wife of a leading coal striker.
C
She relocated to New York City because her songs led to death threats against her.
D
She hoped her songs would inspire miners to continue to work in the mines despite the conditions.
Explanation
The excerpt says Aunt Molly Jackson was writing songs about the terrible conditions in Kentucky’s mines until death threats forced her to relocate to New York City. This directly supports choice C. The passage does not say she moved because her songs were better than other musicians’ or because she wanted miners to keep working.
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