Part A

In "A Letter from the Atlantic," what inference can be made about how Liesl feels when she hears the unknown words of her neighbors' songs?

She wants them to practice English with her.

She worries that they are talking about her.

She feels lost and imagines they do, too.

She wants to learn the words to these songs.
Question 2
Part B

Which sentence best supports the answer in Part A?

"We practice basic English with one another: 'Good morning. How are you?'"

"There are people on this ship from everywhere: The Kowalski family…is from Poland, while the Ivanov family on the other side is from Russia."

"I can only imagine that these melodies are about feeling adrift; though we come from different places, nostalgia and homesickness know no borders or boundaries."

"Behind the closed doors of strangers’ rooms, I hear unfamiliar consonant sounds making up the lyrics to lilting songs."

Why it's time to lay the stereotype of the 'teen brain’ to rest 2. part b: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “brain deficits don’t make teens do risky things; lack of experience and a drive to explore the world are the real factors.” (paragraph 1) b “according to this theory, the prefrontal cortex, the center of the brain’s cognitive-control system, matures more slowly than the limbic system, which governs desires and appetites including drives for food and sex.” (paragraph 5) c “in experiments that mimic the well-known marshmallow test, in which waiting for a bigger reward is a sign of self-control, adolescents are less impulsive than children and only slightly more so than adults.” (paragraph 12) d “the majority of adolescents do not die in car crashes, become victims of homicide or suicide, experience major depression, become addicted to drugs or contract sexually transmitted infections.” (paragraph 14)