Which section from the text best demonstrates the change in school shooters over time?
A. "His mother was an alcoholic who lived with a series of violent men. In one twoyear
stretch, he lived in 10 foster homes and was both sexually and physically abused."
(Paragraph 21)
B. "That's what Paton and Larkin mean: the effect of Harris and Klebold's example
was to make it possible for people with far higher thresholds - boys who would
ordinarily never think of firing a weapon at their classmates - to join in the riot."
(Paragraph 51)
C. "The prosecution saw someone who wanted to be Eric Harris and plainly assumed
that meant he must be like Eric Harris, that there must be a dark heart below LaDue's
benign exterior." (Paragraph 56)
D. "In the day of Eric Harris, we could try to console ourselves with the thought that
there was nothing we could do, that no law or intervention or restrictions on guns
could make a difference in the face of someone so evil." (Paragraph 66)

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

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

What does sals tendency to flinch when someone touches her suggest about her character: walk two moons