Which excerpt from “the telephone: a truer tale” best supports the purpose of the text?

a. after all, it has a terrific happy ending in which the hero, alexander graham bell, uses his astonishing new device to transmit the words “mr. watson, come here. i want to see you.”
b. meucci would not allow himself to become discouraged, however. instead, he returned to his lab determined to make his talking machine even better. he worked for many more years and did just that.
c. in 1871, meucci still lacked investors and was unable to pay the $250 patent fee, so he filed a patent caveat instead. a patent caveat cost only $10 and would not allow anyone else to patent the same idea for one full year.
d. on june 11, 2002, one hundred and twenty-six years after bell’s patent was issued, the united states house of representatives passed a resolution recognizing antonio meucci as the true inventor of the telephone.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

Based on this excerpt, the reader is able to conclude that turner feels about his friendship with lizzie.

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement? a) each teacher needs to be paired up. b) each man needs to carry his own load. c) each of these women runs their own business. d) each child should bring his or her own lunch.