How does the underlined passage affect the plot? A.
It foretells conflict between Lea and her mother about Lea’s habit of eating food that is meant for the whole family.
B.
It creates a sense of surprise about the setting, which seemed peaceful with no hints of war until now.
C.
By referring to World War II, it creates tension in the reader’s mind about who will win the war.
D.
By referring to events that took place before the story began, it provides important information about setting.

Which of the following sentences below uses the simplest and clearest language? a. library cards are not too hard to get, but they aren't too easy to get either. b. some libraries have a lot of rules to follow for filling out the forms. c. library cards make it possible to read books all year long. d. once you get the application, you can figure it out.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

What is a brief and often humorous statement of truth or opinion, such as "a watched pot never boils"