What statement from “A Cat Is Not a Can of Soup” supports the author’s argument: “Adopting a pet from the Ferndale Shelter is often a wiser move than buying one”?

A. Some good shops are run by animal lovers who try to give good care to the creatures they sell

B. Sometimes the animals arrive at the shelter very sick

C. You won’t have a problem finding a gentle or sociable pet at the shelter

D. You might have the idea that all the animals there have something wrong with them

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.