Read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy.

"gentlemen," said reverend buckminster slowly, "there clearly are real dangers i had not anticipated." he looked at turner, and turner saw in his eyes—distrust. "perhaps the lord is leading you in your efforts. and if so, then what else could the minister of first congregational say but that he is with you in this? "

"that, reverend, is what we came to ask," said mr. stonecrop. "and it will not be long before phippsburg is free from this sordidness, and we can start to rebuild ourselves. someday soon, the settlement on malaga island will be no more.

what conflict is developing in this excerpt?

turner’s father, reverend buckminster, is torn about what to do about the people on malaga island and needs more time to think.

the townspeople of phippsburg are going to remove the people from malaga island.

turner’s father, reverend buckminster, is going to defend the people of malaga island against the townspeople.

the people of malaga island are going to fight against the phippsburg townspeople.

What is the best meaning for obscure in this line from the passage? a) ancient b) dark c) royal d) unknown

4- en el restaurante fill in the blanks with complete sentences using the cues and the preterite form of the verbs.

Me 31) what is the best definition of the word ventured as it is used in the final sentence of paragraph 1? with high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. a) desired b) c) justified d) risked 32) with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. lincoln uses the last paragraph of his speech a) to emphasize the atrocities of war. b) to show his concern for all nations. c) to ask for more support for the war. d) to describe his visions for the nation's rebirth. 33) now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. which is the best definition for expiration as it is used in the selected sentence? a) emission of breath b) ceasing to be in effect c) the act of breathing out d) the emission of volatile matter from the earth's atmosphere 34) the almighty has his own purposes. ‘woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.’ what is the meaning of the word offenses as used in the first line of the fifth paragraph? a) breaking the law b) attack or assault c) causing injury, causing harm or hurt d) sin; wrongdoing against someone else