Read the passage from "The Legend of Arthur and the Swords.” "This is the Lake of the Fairy Palace,” the wizard explained. "It is near the site of your final battle, far in the future. But for now, it is the place where we will find your new sword.”

Which phrase from the passage contains a character?

a)Lake of the Fairy Palace
b)the wizard explained
c)it is near the site
d)find your new sword

The young man worked each day until he was exhausted. Once he even fell asleep in his dinner! But by the end of the year, he could lift and swing a sword. By the next year, the young man fought so well that he saved the older knight’s life.

Based on the character of the young man, what is one theme of the passage?

a)It pays to be weak.
b)It pays to be patient.
c)It pays to be a young man.
d)It pays to be an older knight.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive

Based on this dictionary definition, which sentence correctly uses the wordbolm? balmbaminoun1 an oil or ointment used to smooth the skin2 something that is comforting or healingfrom middle english baume balsam from latin balsamumoa. the balm wind blew through the trees, swaying my hammock likea mother rooks a cradleob. when the child hurt his knee on the sidewalk, his mother balmedthe scrape with an adhesive bandage and a huoc. spending the day at the beach reading a good book can be a balmfor a troubled heartd. eating a don helistory test was just the balm that chelleneeded in order to have a relaxing weekend

Lucy lined up the old postcards in the order they had arrived, placing each one carefully so that the edges of all the cards touched, but didn't overlap. she sipped her tea, remembering the day each card had arrived, when she'd hurried to the end of the driveway and opened the mailbox, picking through the blackberry bushes that grew wild on either side of it, to find a thin card lying inside like a treasure. in the passage, what is the best example of an artifact? a. the treasure b. the postcards c. the mailbox d. the tea