Part A What is the central idea of the article "Winning the Lottery: Dream Come True or Nightmare?"

1. Lottery winners should start businesses to help invest the money they win.

2. Most people who win the lottery only keep 16 cents for every dollar they win.

3. Gaining an unexpected fortune does not always have a happy ending.

4. It is prudent for lottery winners to hire professionals to manage their winnings.

Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

1. "They decide to invest money in a business they know nothing about."

2. "He also hired a financial planner, an accountant and an attorney."

3. "Within 10 years she was working part-time, taking public transportation, and living
in a rental home."

4. "Over decades, research has shown lottery winners lose a good part of their
fortunes within the first 10 years of winning."

Which statement best expresses the meaning of these lines from “the courage that my mother had”? that courage like a rock, which she / has no more need of, and i have. a. the speaker equates her mother's courage with a rock. b. the speaker needs the kind of courage her mother showed. c. the speaker realizes her mother no longer needs courage d. the speaker realizes her mother found courage in rocks.

Nat least 150 words, explain the symbolism of the quilt in “everyday use.”

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.