Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. Which statement is a main idea of “The Most Famous Woman in America”?

Because she is a woman, Barton must fight to receive permission to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

Because she is so shy, Barton avoids public speaking engagements as much as possible.

Barton’s skirt is pierced by enemy bullets, but this does not frighten her.

After the Civil War, Barton quits nursing and tours the country giving speeches.

answer: e

explanation:

1)a

2 b

3 d

4 d or b

explanation:

i cant see the page but i am assuming as a innocent child who got tricked by an children eating old lady

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.