THE BEAN TREES The Bean Trees focuses on the lives of three major female characters living in a
predominately female society.
1) How do these characters and relationships define the role of women in the Southwest? (SHOW EVIDENCE)
2) How do the characters fill each other’s lives in a way that makes
men unnecessary? (SHOW EVIDENCE)

Read the excerpt from pat mora’s essay "the leader in the mirror." i hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. the confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 a.m., found a summer internship. sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads. what is the author’s purpose in using confetti as a symbol? the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to encourage her audience to celebrate success. the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to teach the students how to plan a celebration party. the confetti is a symbol of college graduation. the author uses the symbol to reward college graduates. the confetti is a symbol of summer internships. the author uses the symbol to encourage signing up for summer internships.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? a. my dad loves to cook, however; he hates to do dishes. b. my dad loves to cook; however, he hates to do dishes. c. my dad loves to cook however, he hates to do dishes.

Does anyone know the answers to these two? i don’t want to have to guess, you!