There were always a couple of people who put their hands up right away, usually girls, usually from the town kids who dressed up for school. They sat in the front of every class, boys and girls together. Then, the blacks sat together, some of them at the front and some right behind. The country kids, which included the watermen's families as far as Dicey could tell from overheard conversations about the crab catches and the fishing season and oyster beds, sat in the middle and back.

Nobody sat near Dicey, who sat alone. She scratched at the shoulder of her T-Shirt and waited to hear how stupid the answers to the question. There was only one other person in the class who thought of interesting answers, and that was a black girl who sat in the front row. 

Question: In the above paragraph what writer wants to say?

I.e. He wants to depict Simple past activity at the specific time or Habitual activity?

a) It was a Habitual activity of sitting in the class room by student or just that day I mean at the specific time in the past.

B) In Second paragraph Dicey was sitting alone at that specific time or Usually/Everytime no body sat beside her hence she sat alone.

c) "Then, the blacks sat together, some of them at the front and some right behind." . In this sentence also writer wants say that everyday blacks sat together?

There were always a couple of people who put their hands up right away, usually girls, usually from the town kids who dressed up for school. They sat in the front of every class, boys and girls together. Then, the blacks sat together, some of them at the front and some right behind. The country kids, which included the watermen's families as far as Dicey could tell from overheard conversations about the crab catches and the fishing season and oyster beds, sat in the middle and back.

Nobody sat near Dicey, who sat alone. She scratched at the shoulder of her T-Shirt and waited to hear how stupid the answers to the question. There was only one other person in the class who thought of interesting answers, and that was a black girl who sat in the front row.

Question: In the above paragraph what writer wants to say?

I.e. He wants to depict Simple past activity at the specific time or Habitual activity?

a) It was a Habitual activity of sitting in the class room by student or just that day I mean at the specific time in the past.

B) In Second paragraph Dicey was sitting alone at that specific time or Usually/Everytime no body sat beside her hence she sat alone.

c) "Then, the blacks sat together, some of them at the front and some right behind." . In this sentence also writer wants say that everyday blacks sat together?