Look at the passage and writing prompt below. Then respond to the question that follows.

Read the passage from “A Quilt of a Country”.

"The author describes many ways Americans live side by side with other people from all walks of life. Part of the passage states, “One of the things that the U. S. stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues.”

Writing Task: Using information from the text, write an introduction to a short story that will feature new neighbors from different backgrounds and the humorous yet caring relationship they will develop. Be sure your introduction establishes the story’s setting, point of view, and primary conflict.

If you were given the above prompt for a Constructed Response question, which of the following types of written response would you write to BEST answer the question?

Group of answer choices

A 1-2 paragraph personal narrative about a time in your life when you made friends with someone who moved in down the street from you and who was different than you.

A fictional, creative writing poem about neighbors and their relationships.

A 1-2 paragraph expository response, explaining how the author of “A Quilt of a Country” used setting, point of view, and conflict to develop the overall theme of the story

A 5-paragraph informative piece providing in-dept analysis of your neighborhood with breakdowns of the residents who live within a 1-mile radius of your home.

In a speech to high school students, a business owner makes the following statement short response

Whigh sentence represents a sequence of events where the understanding comes prior to completion of the homework

Me 31) what is the best definition of the word ventured as it is used in the final sentence of paragraph 1? with high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. a) desired b) c) justified d) risked 32) with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. lincoln uses the last paragraph of his speech a) to emphasize the atrocities of war. b) to show his concern for all nations. c) to ask for more support for the war. d) to describe his visions for the nation's rebirth. 33) now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. which is the best definition for expiration as it is used in the selected sentence? a) emission of breath b) ceasing to be in effect c) the act of breathing out d) the emission of volatile matter from the earth's atmosphere 34) the almighty has his own purposes. ‘woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.’ what is the meaning of the word offenses as used in the first line of the fifth paragraph? a) breaking the law b) attack or assault c) causing injury, causing harm or hurt d) sin; wrongdoing against someone else