Coordinating conjunction’s
for, and, but, or, yet, so
some students stay on the sidewalks. some student cut across the grass. which word can be used

And

Explanation:

The word that can be used is and.

Some students say on the sidewalks and some students cut across the grass.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)