Question

The extreme poverty of Dakar, Senegal, in “Hip-Hop Planet” is best reflected in which image?

a. “When I looked into his eyes, they were bottomless oceans.”

b. “. . . it pulled me to the earth like a hundred-pound ring in my nose.”

c. “. . . they take every bit of . . .the half-eaten bread, rice, pieces of chicken, the chicken bones. . . to give to the children in the village.”***

d. “. . . swimming in the hotel pool with their children, a scene that resembles Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s—the blacks serving, the whites partying.”

Answer 1

I should certainly think so, if the children have to eat table scraps!

Answer 2

Thanks, Reed!

Answer 3

You're welcome.

Answer 4

Reed is right, the answer is c

Answer 5

Thank you!