PART A: What cultural experience is conveyed in the poem? A The cultural experience is that of someone who wants to forget the suffering of the war. 0 B. The cultural experience is that of someone who has heard about the devastation of war but did not experience it themselves C. The cultural experience is that of someone who wants to learn about the tragedies of the war in order to prevent it from happening again. D. The cultural experience is that of someone who has lived through the aftermath of war but recognizes that society will move on and forget the suffering

Which sentence from the text best develops the theme about the importance of compassion for other people? "besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers." "at first she wanted to intern at her dad's gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed michelle up at the oakcourt nursing home, only 15 minutes away from her house." "still, michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that erkan had a bad reputation among the staff." "she too had felt like everyone mistrusted her--especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff--so she understood how he must feel."