Based on what you read in "Eileen Collins—NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander to Lead Next Shuttle Mission," which option best describes the author’s primary purpose for creating this piece? Question 3 options:

To persuade readers that NASA and the federal government must begin to recruit more female astronauts as they did in Eileen Collins’ time

To describe for readers the experiences and sensations that Eileen Collins had while she was in space

To entertain readers with a story about how Collins’ decision to become an astronaut was the result of a chance encounter she had while in the Air Force

To inform readers about the accomplishments of Eileen Collins and to let Collins share her own thoughts on those accomplishments

He went with us to the picnic by the lake. which one is he pronoun?

Focus question: miss maudie says, “atticus finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (61). what evidence so far proves this true?

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful