Religious extremism (isis, middle eastern area)
Being racist towards people doing the jobs that no one else wants to do(racist towards Mexicans, although they are doing the jobs no one else wants to do)
C. I actually read that for a Literature class I took this past semester in college. :) It was a great book, by the way.
The compound sentence would be choice A. Erin and Maria are going to the mall, and John is going to the movies. Hope this helps! ^_^