Read the following supporting details.

Research shows that senior volunteers suffer from less depression than non-active seniors.
One elderly volunteer, Alma, said she was “full of energy” on the days she volunteered at the library.
Another volunteer, Manuel, enjoys working with children because interacting with them improves his memory.
Which thesis statement do these details support?

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind’s name can be interpreted in several ways. the selection supports all of the following interpretations except he grinds out graduates who are similar to each other as if he were running a factory he grinds the importance of facts into students’ heads he grinds down children by crushing their imaginations he grinds his teeth together, suggesting his intolerance for fantasy

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship