Which best describes the author's perspective toward the outcasts of Poker Flat in this passage? Responses
A The author believes the outcasts are less than humans and deserve mistreatment.The author believes the outcasts are less than humans and deserve mistreatment.
B The author is extremely critical of each of the outcasts.The author is extremely critical of each of the outcasts.
C The author is indifferent to the fates of each of the outcasts of Poker Flat.The author is indifferent to the fates of each of the outcasts of Poker Flat.
D The author sympathizes with the outcasts and pities their being scapegoated by the town of Poker Flat.The author sympathizes with the outcasts and pities their being scapegoated by the town of Poker Flat.
Question 2 Which two sentences from the passage indicate the author's attitude towards the outcasts of Poker Flat?
A As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty-third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night.
B Mr. Oakhurst was right in supposing that he was included in this category.Mr. Oakhurst was right in supposing that he was included in this category.
C It was experiencing a spasm of virtuous reaction, quite as lawless and ungovernable as any of the acts that had provoked it.It was experiencing a spasm of virtuous reaction, quite as lawless and ungovernable as any of the acts that had provoked it
. D The cavalcade provoked no comments from the spectators, nor was any word uttered by the escort.The cavalcade provoked no comments from the spectators, nor was any word uttered by the escort.
E He returned to his pocket the handkerchief with which he had been whipping away the red dust of Poker Flat from his neat boots, and quietly discharged his mind
The Outcasts of Poker Flat