HELP Read this excerpt from "Collision Course."

But Mama said she'd had enough. My father, Dmitri, didn't want us to go. They had split when I was five. He refused to even listen to Mama’s arguments for taking me to Modesto, where she got a job, so there was no way to reach any kind of compromise or agreement. So we wound up in family court again and let the attorneys hash it out. Finally, the judge said that she believed moving would be beneficial for me and for Mama, and so we left.

Based on this excerpt, which term best describes how the author’s mother feels about their new future?

hopeful
worried
doubtful
excited

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

How did magellan's discovery of what is now considered the philippines directly affect the native populations that were living there? a.they disappeared deep into the new land and started another settlement b. they became aggressive after having a new religious view upon them c. they became restless to travel the world on the ships they encountered d.they became angered over losing their lands' raw goods like fruits and spices

In edgar allan poe’s “the raven,” what does the speaker see when he responds to the raven’s tapping by opening the door?