Read the passage from Chapter 20 which begins at the beginning of the chapter and end “Reverend Sykes had saved our seats” carefully before you choose your answers.

Mr. Raymond realizes that people prefer to

A. believe the worst of other people

B. condemn those who flour social norms

C. believe unacceptable behavior is a result of drunkenness

D. forgive social rebels rather than drunks

E. gossip about others’ moral weakness rather than try to help them