Question

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.

In his small Idaho school, football meant everything to Ernesto ("Neto”) Villareal, sixteen, the team’s star running back. And yet when he heard fans screaming racial insults at him and his Hispanic-American teammates, he wondered how he could keep playing for fans who felt that way. The insults also bothered Andy Percifield, a white student leader. When Neto and Andy teamed up, each using his own special power, fans began to feel the heat they had never felt before.


The details of this excerpt reveal the author’s purpose by explaining why the fans acted like they did. including facts and details about the topic. encouraging the reader to believe in something. expressing opinions about a topic.

a explaining why the fans acted like they did.

b including facts and details about the topic.

c encouraging the reader to believe in something.

d expressing opinions about a topic.

Answer 1

B.including facts and details about the topic

Answer 2

b. including facts and details about the topic.

The excerpt does not reveal why the fans are screaming racial insults or why the fans begin to feel the heat. This eliminates option A as a possibility. Option C is also wrong because the excerpt does not speak to the reader and convince the reader to believe one way or another on an issue. Option D is also wrong because the author does not include his or her own opinion about the topic. Option C is correct because in this excerpt the author is simply reporting the events and the emotions of the football players.