19. Read the excerpt from the passage:
"I don't know anything," he said, "except that I'm beginning to be sorry we bought that room for the children. If children are neurotic at all, a room like that—"

"It's supposed to help them work off their neuroses in a healthful way."

From this excerpt, you can conclude that the society in which the family lives sees children as being (1 point)

anxious and disturbed.

helpless and innocent.

respectful and obedient.

lost and confused.



20. In this passage, the parents in the story seem to be _____ their children. (1 point)

grateful for

distrustful of

protective of

unconcerned about



21. Which excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? (1 point)

"He lay in his bed with his beating heart."

"They're spoiled and we're spoiled."

"I have a feeling it'll be Africa again before then."

"They're not old enough to do that alone, I explained."