Abel Read the paragraph.
What historical reality is represented in this fictional
paragraph about the 1960s?
O political action taken over segregation
youths' rebellion during this decade
O educational testing during this era
O mixed reactions to racial integration
Rita did not care what her parents had said last night
she was glad things were changing. They might be
willing to overlook the ratty textbooks and dingy
classrooms at the old high school, but Rita was glad she
and her classmates would be attending Somerset High
in the fall. The first few days would be terrifying; Rita
could barely imagine what she would wear or say. She
knew people would protest outside, but she also kney
she could prove herself among the white kids. She
looked forward to her first new textbook, her first test
and her first "A."

Read this sentence:somebody save the smoke! the nomadic tribes move to a new location each season. which word provides a clue to the meaning of nomadic? new season move location

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

You're playing the slots and "win" twenty-five bucks! you're stoked. during the past ten weeks, you've won another fifty bucks. but you've dropped two bucks in the slot machines every day for ten weeks