PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. "Why me?' It was an attack, seemingly without cause, on the brink of one of the
most important moments of her career." (Paragraph 7)
B. "Hundreds of pages of press were dedicated to the two women. It was the
perfect opportunity for the media to complete the caricatures they had begun
building for each woman" (Paragraph 11)
C. "She told the authorities that though she had known nothing about the plan to
assault Kerrigan, she did delay reporting the details after discovering that
Gillooly was behind the attack." (Paragraph 15)
D. "Harding's skating career was over. But she did not leave the public eye. She
appeared as a judge on a handful of skating television shows and acted in a fewlow-
budget films." (Paragraph 17)

answer: a

explanation:

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the answer is fantasy

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