Five young men tumble out of the car, including damian, a small, nervous fellow in an oversized leather jacket. as the group takes over the diner, grabbing food and putting their feet up on the tables, damian observes quietly. when mitch kicks over a man's umbrella, damian picks it up and hands it back to the man. which assumption about damian is  best  supported by this excerpt?   a. he is not very well liked by others, so he overcompensates by being kind.  b. he is part of a gang looking for trouble and is bored by inactivity.  c. he is trying to fit in with the group but does not approve of their antics.  d. he is trying to make up for the loss of his father by acting tougher than he is.

"this year she had the extra joy of showing it to her small brother, and of terrifying him as well as herself. when they had done this many times they came back to the house to tell everybody that they had done it. he boasted. she mocked. they squabbled." how does julia feel about her little brother? does she love him? hate him? find him an annoyance? be sure you read what is implied by their reactions to each other.

Place the steps of the strategy for reading technical information in the correct order.

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)