Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks' Memoir, My Story — Quiz
Question 2 • English 9 CR SUSD (EX)
Read the excerpt from My Story . Here it was, half a century after the first segregation law, and there were 50,000 African Americans in Montgomery. More of us rode the buses than Caucasians did, because more whites could afford cars. It was very humiliating having to suffer the indignity of riding segregated buses twice a day, five days a week, to go downtown and work for white people. The first-person narration in this excerpt best helps readers understand
Answer
A
the anger black people felt.
B
facts about bus ridership.
C
statistics about Montgomery.
D
why segregation started.
Explanation
The narrator describes riding segregated buses as “very humiliating” and an “indignity,” showing the emotional impact of segregation on African Americans. Because the account is told from a first-person perspective, readers hear directly about the anger and hurt people felt. The numbers about population and ridership provide context, but the excerpt most strongly conveys those feelings.
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