Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

she's in school now, and i'm very quickly remembering what school is about: two parts abcs to fifty parts where do i stand in the great pecking order of humankind?

the highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. to what are they making reference, and how is each being used by kingsolver? write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.