Identify the choice that best answers the question.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A
According to the selection from Through My Eyes, what is the main reason that Ruby’s mother wants her to attend the formerly all-white public school?

A. to attend a school closer to home
B. to be part of an important social change
C. to learn how to face real-world problems
D. to get a higher-quality learning experience
Part B
Which of the following pairs of sentences from Through My Eyes best supports the answer to Part A?

A. My segregated school was fairly far from my house, but I had lots of company for the long walk. All the kids on my block went to Johnson Lockett.
B. Several people from the NAACP came to the house in the summer. They told my parents that I was one of just a few black children to pass the school board test, and that I had been chosen to attend one of the white schools, William Frantz Public School.
C. Lucille, my mother, was convinced that no harm would come to us. She thought that the opportunity for me to get the best education possible was worth the risk, and she finally convinced my father.
D. On Sunday, November 13, my mother told me I would start at a new school the next day. She hinted there could be something unusual about it, but she didn't explain.