1. What is the central idea of this article? a. We need to do a better job protecting earth from human's harmful actions before
it is too late.
b. Rachel Carson's impressive career and writing helped the world learn how
human use of DDT and other pesticides can destroy nature and how we can
better protect Earth.
1. C. Rachel Carson wrote a lot of successful books, won a lot of awards, but was still
discriminated against as a woman.
d. If it were not for Rachel Carson's many books, the world would not know about
how pesticides and our other chemicals harm songbirds.

cornelia

explanation:

we don't know all that much about cornelia aside from what granny tells us about her, along with what we can gather from her few lines of dialogue. it's hard to picture her, too, since we're not given any details about her mannerisms or what she looks like. she could be dressed like a circus clown, for all we know.

even though we wouldn't recognize cornelia if we ran into her on the street, we can't but feel a lot of sympathy for this character. first of all, she's super nice and granny pretty much treats her like dirt. she's constantly asking granny if she needs anything and granny usually responds by snapping at her. here's a typical exchange:

"i thought you might want something."

"i do. i want a lot of things. first off, go away and don't whisper." (14-15)