Word Choice and Author’s Purpose in Warriors Don’t Cry
Question 1 • EA Language Arts 9 -Credit Recovery
Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.Those matches were big events in my life because we traveled downtown to the Robinson Auditorium, a place usually reserved for white people only. Those were the times when I got to go outside my neighborhood, outside the world where I spent most of my life. We sat in the same room with white folks, able to observe them close up. I wanted to get to know them better, to see what it was they had that put them in charge.
Answer
A
is surprised by public race restrictions.
B
cherishes her rare worldly experiences.
C
enjoys time spent with her grandmother.
D
longs to have a more diverse neighborhood.
Explanation
The narrator calls the matches “big events” because they let her leave her neighborhood and enter a place usually reserved for white people. She values these rare chances to see and learn about people outside the world she usually knows, so “cherishes her rare worldly experiences” is the best choice.
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