Pushing his way through the crowd, George hid behind the bleachers just near the home team's bench. With a sense of wonder, he watched the players run, block, and catch under the Friday night lights. The quarterback was flawless as always. As the game ended, George happily turned to head home, dreaming that some day he, too, would be the star of the gridiron. Which best describes how the author has created this character?

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

The difference between a guess and an inference is a. an inference is not supported by evidence while a guess is. c. a guess and an inference are the same thing. b. a guess is not supported by evidence while an inference is. d. none of the above

Which words from the excerpt most contribute to the patriotic tone