Read these lines from J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye: "All the parents and mothers and everybody went over and stood right under the roof of the carrousel, so they wouldn't get soaked to the skin or anything, but I stuck around on the bench for quite a while."

Where is Holden Caulfield at this point in the story?

A.

Central Park

B.

Bronx Zoo

C.

Times Square

D.

San Diego Zoo

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about different systems of government to inform readers about recent governmental reforms to persuade readers of the need for governmental change to persuade readers to petition their local governments