Question

Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .," he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy." Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers." He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered the next day. What does the author's use of Wash's quotes help readers understand? that Wash was curious about the marchers after all that Wash wished he had marched with the others that Wash hoped the arrested students would not be hurt that Wash had terrible experiences dealing with the police

Answer 1

The author's use of Wash's quotes helps readers understand:

D. that Wash had terrible experiences dealing with the police.

Step-by-step explanation:

Washington Booker, aka Wash, was one of the thousands who protested in 1963 Children's March against segregation in Alabama.

From the excerpt, we can infer that Wash had had awful experiences with the police. One of his quotes used by the author is "the police was vicious murderers." Wash knew the police would hurt African Americans. In cities where segregation was the norm, police violence against black people was even worse. No wonder Wash was surprised to see people turning themselves over to the police. From his own experiences, he knew for a fact there was high chance of them being hurt.