Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

"This here's an important decision, Cassie, very important—I want you to understand that—but I think you can handle it. Now, you listen to me, and you listen good. This thing, if you make the wrong decision and Charlie Simms gets involved, then I get involved and there'll be trouble."

Why is Cassie’s father stressing the importance of the decision Cassie must make?

He thinks it will cause problems between himself and Cassie.
He thinks it will bring peace between himself and Charlie Simms.
He thinks it will cause problems between himself and Charlie Simms.
He thinks it will bring peace between himself and Cassie.

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Cassie’s father is stressing the importance of the decision because he thinks it will cause problems between himself and Charlie Simms. He is warning Cassie that if she makes the wrong choice and gets involved with Charlie Simms, it could lead to conflict that would ultimately involve him as well.

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