Identify the character: This husband does not understand that his wife needs to have more emotional and spiritual support than he can give her with his focus on the farm and cattle. He is a good man who is just clueless in the relationship. He dismisses the one gift she has by telling her to grow apples instead of flowers, something that would be of value.

Which of the following function as an exchange medium?

Identify the title: Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand. . .

What is the “inconvenient truth” that Vice President Al Gore is trying to get the public to take seriously?

Identify the title: “One Sunday Connie got up at eleven–none of them bothered with church–and washed her hair so that it could dry all day long in the sun. Her parents and sister were going to a barbeque at an aunt’s house and Connie said no, she wasn’t interested, rolling her eyes to let her mother know just what she thought of it. ‘Stay home along then,’ her mother said sharply.'”

 Henry devalues Elisa’s worth by telling her he wished she grew this instead of her beautiful chrysanthemums since obviously this would have monetary value, something Elisa herself does not possess.

Identify the title: “You weren’t being smart, were you, boy?” he said, not unkindly. “No, sir!” “You sure that about ‘equality’ was a mistake?” “Oh, yes, sir,” I said, “I was swallowing blood.” “Well, you had better speak more slowly so we can understand. We want to do right by you, but you’ve got to know your place at all times. All right, now, go on with your speech.”

Identify the title for the quote: My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln        went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy        bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

Identify the author: Still alive and writing, this Vietnam veteran wrote about the Vietnam conflict as a surrealistic experience in his National Book Award- winning novel. He received a Purple Heart in action at My Lai and presents the absurdity of war through the experiences of the soldier on the ground.

Identify the character: He is constantly moving to different places in his wagon, earning what he can repairing items for people. He lives in his wagon. When he meets a woman at a farm where he stops for directions, he lies to her to get her to feel sorry for him and give him work. He discards the flowers he is given by the woman and throws them on the road, keeping the pot so he can sell it.