Read the excerpt from "The Red-Headed League."

"I did,” he said. "I worked my four hours each day for a week. And then for another two weeks. Mr. Duncan Ross came in to check on me often at first. Later, he didn’t come in at all. But I knew he might, so I was very careful to come in at ten and leave at two and not a minute earlier.”

Which is the best example of a reader connecting the excerpt to a personal experience?

I once had a job where the boss checked on me all of the time.
I think I will try to get a new job in the next few weeks or so.
I need to find a job to pay for my car insurance and gas.
I have never had a job before, and I do not think I want one.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room.which verb best completes the sentence?

Aids is growing fastest in the poorest countries of africa. these nations don’t have enough doctors, medical labs, or money for medicine. a recent study showed that only a small percentage of hiv-infected children in africa are getting any medical treatment at all. what central idea is emphasized in both sources? the hiv/aids epidemic in africa is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic in south africa is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic among african children is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic among south african children is serious