read this excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i promised that i'd come back and sit and we could have a real talk in the afternoon when i returned with the groceries. but conversation would have to wait until then. i went back to the office and got started with my work. elli vossen and jo koophuis were working across from me in the office. sometime between eleven and twelve o'clock, i looked up. there in the doorway stood a man in civilian clothes. i hadn't heard the door. he was holding a revolver, pointing it at us. he came in. "stay put," he said in dutch. "don't move." which tone would be most appropriate for a trailer that includes this scene? a. informal b. humorous c. mysterious d. educational

The colonists had difficulty coming together to revolt because they

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky