Read Aesop's "The Oak and the Reeds." Then answer the question. An Oak that grew on the bank of a river was uprooted by a severe gale of wind and thrown across the stream. It fell among some Reeds
growing by the water and sald to them, "How is it that you, who are so frail and slender, have managed to weather the storm, whereas I,
with all my strength, have been torn up by the roots and hurled into the river?"
"You were stubborn," came the reply. "You fought against the storm, which proved stronger than you but we bow and yield to every breeze,
and thus the gale passed harmlessly over our heads."
Which three phrases describe the setting of the story?
-the edge of a river
-tree roots in the ground
-in a breeze
- among the Reeds
-during a storm

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance