Read the list of sentences from the article. 1. They bore into trees, burrow beneath the frost line or find refuge in abandoned houses.
2. Laurie Maxwell, PAWS' director of community outreach, said cats are exceptionally resilient,
finding shelter under cars or dumpsters and inside vacant buildings.
3. Lawrence Heaney, the Negaunee curator of mammals at the Field Museum, said
hibernating animals like chipmunks have adequate body fat and insulated hiding places that
allow them to survive the cold.
4. Mosquitoes, meanwhile, protect themselves by spending the winter in urban sewers and
steam tunnels.

What central idea does this evidence support?
a
Animals that have layers or fat or fur are the most likely to survive the cold weather.
b
Many animals will die during the coldest part of winter, but the population will still survive.
c
Animals depend on assistance from humans to survive unusually cold winters.
d
Many animals are good at finding places to keep warm during the cold weather.

As it is used in section 1, what does unctuous mean? a) greasy or soapy b) soft or fragile c) traditional or elite d) hypocritical or insincere

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

What is the climax of chapter 2 of the the sound and the fury? a. the compsons sell their plot of land to send quentin to harvard. b. quentin drops out of school. c. quentin commits suicide. d. caddy gets pregnant.