Read the sentence. What best describes the purpose of the underlined clause in the sentence? The ball that I bounced across the gymnasium floor eventually came to rest behind the bleachers. A. It acts as an adjective describing the ball. B. It acts as a verb explaining what the ball did. C. It acts as an adverb describing how the ball bounced D. It acts as a preposition explaining where the ball rested.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine