Read this excerpt from Brighton Beach Memoirs.

KATE (Comes out of the kitchen with a glass of lemonade and one roller skate) A roller skate? On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want?

EUGENE (Rushes into the house) I didn't leave it there.

KATE No? Then who? Laurie? Aunt Blanche? Did you ever see them on skates? (She holds out the skate) Take this upstairs… Come here!

EUGENE (Approaches, holding the back of his head) Don't hit my skull, I have a concussion.

Which line from the excerpt provides historical context?

Don't hit my skull, I have a concussion.
Do you want me dead? Is that what you want?
A roller skate? On my kitchen floor?
No? Then who? Laurie? Aunt Blanche?

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7 hours ago

The line that provides historical context is: "Don't hit my skull, I have a concussion."

This line indicates a broader concern about health and injury during a time when the awareness and understanding of concussions were not as developed as they are today, suggesting a specific historical context regarding medical knowledge and attitudes toward injuries.