Read the excerpt from "as good as gold." the rest of the day went on just like the day before, and the day before that. sam followed his brother as they inched their way through chilkoot pass, the worst part of the klondike trail. it was this thirty-mile stretch that broke most gold-rush stampeders. chilkoot was not only steep and narrow, but the brothers were each required to haul two thousand pounds of food and gear through its treacherous route. failing to do so meant that the canadian mounties would send them home. so the pair pressed on, hauling packs for half a mile, setting them beside the trail and then going back for another, and another, and another. sam guessed that they walked at least fifty miles for every mile they moved forward. what does the excerpt show about the historical context of the story? there were no roads or automobiles in the area. miners chose to walk for exercise. the mines were a short distance from civilization. there were few requirements to get to the mines.

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

17. read the email below and identify four areas of improvement your supervisor has written about having with the staff. next, create one recommendation for each area of improvement. (hint: refer to your textbook for recommendation ideas.) areas of improvement recommendations a. type answer here e. type answer here b. type answer here f. type answer here c. type answer here g. type answer here d. type answer here h. type answer here

In “we wear the mask,” which message is conveyed by dunbar’s repetition of the phrase “we wear the mask”?