Read the passage from "Children of the Wartime Evacuation.” They came from very different backgrounds – the Shears were Jewish, he was Christian – but an affectionate bond developed between them.

–"Children of the Wartime Evacuation,"
Julie Summers

Which quotation from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has a similar central idea?

“This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids.”
“He himself was a very old man with shaggy white hair, which grew over most of his face as well as on his head, and they liked him almost at once.”
“I tell you this is the sort of house where no one’s going to mind what we do. Anyway, they won’t hear us.”
“Mrs. Macready and the visitors were still talking in the passage; but luckily they never came into the empty room and so the children weren’t caught.”

Which of the following best states the purpose of an import quota? a. to prevent a budget deficit. b. to reduce competition from foreign producers. c. to increase the gross domestic product. d. to lower taxes and limit government spending

What is a generalization? a. a series of events that make up what happens in a story b.hints or clues that tell you what is going to happen in a story c.the final resolution or event that ties up loose ends in a story d. a simple statement about something complicated

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.