Word Choice and Author’s Purpose in Warriors Don’t Cry
Question 2 • EA Language Arts 9 -Credit Recovery
Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry."Then you don't have anything to be concerned about." Mother Lois maneuvered through the unusually heavy traffic. "I don't know where all the cars could have come from," she said. We both craned our necks, curious about all the unfamiliar cars and people. Certainly there had never before been so many white people driving down the streets of our quiet, tree-lined neighborhood.
Answer
A
Commuter traffic is a daily inconvenience.
B
The streets are unusually crowded.
C
The narrator is looking for her friends.
D
Mother Lois is not a skilled driver.
Explanation
The narrator says the traffic is “unusually heavy” and notices more cars and people than had ever been seen in the neighborhood before. This shows that the streets are unusually crowded. The excerpt does not suggest that traffic is a daily inconvenience or that Mother Lois is a poor driver.
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