English

Lexie Valentine

8 June, 01:12

Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066."

I tell her she's going bald. She tells me I copy on tests.

We're best friends,

Read the excerpt from "Mericans."

"Girl. We can't play with a girl." Girl. It's my brother's favorite insult now instead of "sissy." "You girl," they yell at

each other. "You throw that ball like a girl."

Which theme best describes the two passages?

In all cultures, children playfully engage in complicated games to prove their strength and intelligence,

In all cultures, children playfully taunt one another

In all cultures, children engage in sibling rivalry

In all cultures, children playfully engage in proving that one gender is better than the other.