Question

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Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.


Esther Lobetkin, a recent immigrant, became chairman of her Yiddish-speaking group, marching with the strikers by day, then rushing to Clinton Hall to report and attend meetings until the small hours of the morning. A sandwich at midnight and an hour of sleep were all she seemed to need. Although she was arrested time and again, she never failed to yell from the back of the patrol wagon, "Do not lose courage! We'll win yet!"


Which best states the author’s purpose for naming and describing Esther Lobetkin in the text?


A. to challenge ideas about a historical person

B. to bring a person from history to life

C. to connect the past to the present

D. to show what it was like to work in a factory

Answer 1

Answer:B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

This excerpt is taken from the book “We Shall Not Be Moved : The Women’s Factory Strike of 1909 “ and is written by Joan Dash. It is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in America formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

Question: Which best states the author’s purpose for naming and describing Esther Lobetkin in the text?

Answer: B. to bring a person from history to life