In "the circuit," what effect does the narrator's saying that he waited to hear his boss tell him that he was finished working for "twelve hours a day, every day, seven days a week, week after week" have?
a. it readers imagine what the setting of the story looks like.

b. it readers understand how hard the narrator works and makes them feel sympathy for him.

c. it readers recognize the great love that the narrator and his family share.

d. it readers accept that the narrator's descriptions of events are not always reliable

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to become confederate citizens.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.