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Which part of this excerpt suggests that "Hakim-a-barber" belonged to a different religion from the speaker and her family?

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by Alice Walker (excerpt)

We sat down to eat and right away ((he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean)). ((Wangero, though, went on through the chitlins and corn bread)), the greens and everything else. ((She talked a blue streak over the sweet potatoes)). Everything delighted her. Even the fact that ((we still used the benches her daddy made for the table)) when we couldn't afford to buy chairs.

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Caitlin Meyers

6 March, 15:42

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which part of this excerpt suggests that "Hakim-a-barber" belonged to a different religion from the speaker and her family?

Everyday Use

by Alice Walker (excerpt)

We sat down to eat and right away ((he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean)). ((Wangero, though, went on through the chitlins and corn bread)), the greens and everything else. ((She talked a blue streak over the sweet potatoes)). Everything delighted her. Even the fact that ((we still used the benches her daddy made for the table)) when we couldn't afford to buy chairs.

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Taryn Kirk · Answer 1

The part of the excerpt that suggests that "Hakim-a-barber" belonged to a different religion from the speaker and her family is the following: "he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean."

The key word here is "unclean". This, along with Hakim's confirmation earlier in the story, suggests that Hakim accepts some of the Mulsim doctrines as his own. Muslims do not eat pork because the Holy Quran states: "He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than God."

Tiara Obrien · Answer 2

Answer: he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean

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