Isighed with impatience. in recent months armand had become a figure of authority,
siding with my father and mother occasionally. as the oldest son, he sometimes took
advantage of his age and experience to issue rules and regulations.
"how much money have you got? " he whispered.
"you in some kind of trouble? " i asked, excitement rising in me as i remembered the
blackmail plot of a movie at the globe a month before.
he shook his head in annoyance. "look," he said, "it's pa's birthday tomorrow. i think
we ought to chip in and buy him "
which best identifies the character traits this passage reveals in armand?

a) he is considerate
b) he is selfish
c) he is desperate for his father's approval
d) he is good at collecting money

He is considerate.

Option A.

Explanation:

According to the passage that has been given here, the character of Armand has shown to be very considerate. He has been shown as a responsible boy who is trying to put ahead the fact that he is the oldest of all and responsible for the other children also.

His thought of wanting to buy his father a birthday present shows his maturity and being considerate, and the fact that he is siding with his parents (clearly more than he has in the past, based on the narrator's impatience) shows that he is trying to be more adult and grown up and has changed over a period of time.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

is this multiple choice?