Sharks Teeth By Carter The day teeth was cool hung air so thick you could almost sparking in the dim sunlightThere were days, early in the this one, where it seemed there was more water in the air than in the bayWe had beached the boat and stepped out on the recently cleared spit of land. The ground light dusting of white sand over an under of dried black It looked like a recently frosted chocolate cake, though the frosting was spread a bit thin for my taste. The ground was but we from experience that it was full of crab boles, and would be underwater at the super tico. Mysteriously, to us anyway someone wanted to build a house We come to spots to look for artifacts. Our beach, our summer , had been a fishing camp for as long as anyone living could remember. The oldest to travelers coming down to the edge sealining up to their wagon with salted to take back homeOld decaying cabins still lined the beach. Rotting nets, hung out to in the last centurydecorated their weathered . Their stories in our minds. The fishermen who, tanned and wrinkled from sun and salt hauled their nets of splashing to cheers from the waiting crowds The bounty of the sea lightened everyone's hearts and the smell of roasting filled the camp Women fanned themselves from sento. Children in the shallow of the baywas a scene we had noted out youngstersart imaginary bridge to a we would never know.
What is one way the narrator connects the present moment to the past
By describing imagined
By the land as if it were food By details about the environment
By recounting his youth

Which of the narrator's statements in "the yellow wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual? a.i verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick! b.of course i didn't do a thing. jennie sees to everything now. c. i don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and i'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous. d. so i walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.

(01.03 mc) what does the conversation between marcus and his father reveal about their characters? a marcus doesn't agree with the regulations put in place, but his father does. b marcus's father doesn't agree with the regulations put in place, but marcus does. c marcus's father thinks the regulations provide security, and so does marcus. d marcus wants stricter regulations to be put in place, and his father agrees.

Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you