Read the passage closely. at school everyone made fun of the thick black-bread sandwiches the duvitch boys ate for lunch. and the girls stared and pointed at their boiled-out, ragpickers’ clothes, obviously salvaged from the dump on the outskirts of town. which best identifies the effect of the author's use of hyperbole in "the strangers that came to town"? a. it the reader visualize the author's prejudices against the duvitch family. b. it makes the language more confusing to the reader. c. it makes the story funny. d. it makes the story more exciting and adventurous. branliest answer

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine