“Hello, Giselle. I’m surprised to see you. How’s your arm?” “Better.” Giselle raised her casted arm, covered with her little brothers’ drawings. “I have a smaller cast, now.”

“Maybe you shouldn’t ride Dark Star until your arm is completely healed.”

The girl glanced toward her small ranch house at the base of the sloping hillside, then back at the man. “I’ll be okay. The snow’s melted, and there’s no ice.”

Which inference does this excerpt best support?

Her brother joined the army before he finished college. identify the adverb clause in the sentence. a) finished college b) her brother joined c) brother joined the army d) before he finished college

Select the correct sentence. a. i feel well about starting my new classes this semester. b. despite her inexperience, helen did surprisingly well in the gymnastic competition. c. justin has a great sense of humor and can tell a joke really good. d. that tie looks well with your shirt.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia