Please help Part A

Which statement best explains how hope is treated in both "Malala the Powerful" and "The Strangers That Came to Town"?

In "Malala the Powerful," Malala receives cards from many supporters; in "The Strangers That Came to Town," Mr. Duvitch works at a meatpacking plant.

In "Malala the Powerful," Malala has to go through several surgeries to recover; in "The Strangers That Came to Town," Andy and Tom replace the Duvitches' fish.

In "Malala the Powerful," Malala's efforts help more girls go to school; in "The Strangers That Came to Town," the Duvitches are finally accepted by their neighbors.

In "Malala the Powerful," Malala's father refuses to shut down his school; in "The Strangers That Came to Town," Father punishes Tom and Andy for their prank.

Question 2

Part B

Which details from "Malala the Powerful" and "The Strangers That Came to Town" best support the answer to Part A?

Select two correct answers.

"So they started inviting Mr. and Mrs. Duvitch to the community parties. It wasn't long before the Duvitch boys and girls started making friends in the community."

“Some 132 million children and teens around the world do not attend school, often because they must work to help support their families or because they have no school to go to.”

"'Get into the rowboat,' Father said in the same steely tones. 'You are not to come back until you've caught sixty-one fish to repay Mr. Duvitch.”

“The Malala Fund, created in her name, is helping to send 40 girls in Pakistan to school.”

21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.

Hurry i am on the semester test which theme is evident in this excerpt from robert frost's "mending wall"? but at spring mending-time we find them there. i let my neighbor know beyond the hill; and on a day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again. we keep the wall between us as we go. to each the boulders that have fallen to each. and some are loaves and some so nearly balls we have to use a spell to make them balance: "stay where you are until our backs are turned! " we wear our fingers rough with handling them. oh, just another kind of out-door game, one on a side. it comes to little more: there where it is we do not need the wall: he is all pine and i am apple orchard. my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines, i tell him. he only says, “good fences make good neighbors." spring is the mischief in me, and i wonder if i could put a notion in his head: "why do they make good neighbors? isn't it where there are cows? but here there are no cows. before i built a wall i'd ask to know what i was walling in or walling out, and to whom i was like to give offence. . " a. the human desire for material gain b. the influence of financial constraints c. the positive effects of friendship d. the uncertain nature of human relations e. the futility of human yearning

Which lines best illustrate the conclusion that odysseus is an epic hero because he fights alone?