Comprehension
the questions below refer to the selection “to da-duh, in memoriam.”

to best describe the narrator’s first impression of da-duh, you might say that da-duh is a —
choose one answer.
a. middle-aged woman who speaks a strange language
b. thin, old woman who looks weak but serious
c. middle-aged woman whose eyes are dim and lifeless
d. large woman who moves in a graceful and quick manner

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.