Read this passage from "marian anderson sings":
"anderson's manager wrote to make arrangements. the date he wanted was already taken, he was told. he suggested other dates in april. he was told that those were taken, too. in fact, no dates were available at all."
why does the author of the story include this passage?
a. to show how difficult and competitive the music business can be
b. to show that anderson was not popular enough to be able to reserve constitution hall
c. to show that constitution hall is a popular venue for singers in the month of apr

Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street.as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house.b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.