Now consider both “Thank You M’am” and “The Rose That Grew from Concrete” as you answer the remaining test questions.
First, read this excerpt from paragraphs 33-35 of “Thank You M’am.”
The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.”
There was another long pause. The boy’s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned.
The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son — neither tell God, if he didn’t already know.

Now read the following lines from “The Rose That Grew from Concrete.”
“Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack / in the concrete / Proving nature’s laws wrong it learned 2 walk / without having feet.” (Lines 1-4)

What do both of these excerpts have in common?

Question 9 options:

Both have an admiring tone.


Both include older characters lecturing young people.


Both are from the same genre of literature.


Both involve defiance of expectations.