Read the following excerpt. Julia giggled with delight, then smashed her fists against her high chair tray and screamed. I knew I was lucky to have such a free-spirited child, but I couldn’t help but wonder when she would become more able to control herself.

Who is most likely the narrator of this story?

a spectator
another child
Julia’s mother
Julia

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.