The phrase "she turned white for just a moment," from the short story <em>The Gift of the Magi</em>, means she was afraid of something. In this case, she was afraid of her husband Jim's reaction.
She didn't have money to buy him a Christmas present, so she decided to sell her hair for 20 dollars. Later on that day, when she noticed her husband was arriving to the house, she got worried that he would think she wasn't pretty anymore.
Answer:
The correct answer is The author believes Diane France’s work in making bone casts has helped many scientists, and she writes to give details about her experiences.
Explanation:
What the author tries to express in this excerpt is to agree with the work of Diane France.
While it may seem a bit crude to display soldiers' bones (even if they are made of plastic), this work can help a lot to know what has happened to those bodies, who has attacked them, and even allows people to better empathize with the story of wars.
Given this information, we can say that the correct answer is The author believes Diane France's work in her making bone casts has helped many scientists, and she writes to give details about her experiences.
Answer:5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes
Explanation:
A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely cracking some homes. It was one of the strongest quakes yet to hit the U.S. territory that has been shaking for the past week.
There were no immediate reports of casualties
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Read Abalone, Abalone, Abalone, by Toshio Mori
Why does the author describe the extent to which the narrator is puzzled by mr. abe’s collecting?
Why does the author describe the extent to which the narrator is puzzled by Mr. Abe’s collecting?
A. To give insight into the narrator’s culture
B. To explain the narrator’s relationship with Mr. Abe
C. To establish the narrator as unreliable.
D. To make the narrator’s later shift in understanding more significant
Answer: D. To make the narrator’s later shift in understanding more significant
Explanation:
At first, the narrator highlights how much he´s intrigued about why would Mr. Abe keep collecting and polishing abalone shells since his front porch was practically full of them already. This initial mystery becomes more significant when the narrator finds an abalone shell, understands the reason for that practice, and starts a collection of his own.
A. the site of the Final Mile Medal Celebration
A is the only possible answer. The article does not have any information about the number of RunTex stores in town, how to be part of Marathon Kids, or the history of child marathon runners. Summaries of an article should not include information that the article does not contain. The only information contained in the article that is also an answer choice is the site of the Final Mile Medal Celebration.
