Secret in Slovakia Question 1
Part A
How does the author provide readers with important information about Aunt Gertrude in the passage's exposition?
A. The author includes dialogue in which characters talk about Aunt Gertrude's traits.
B. The author has the narrator's uncle read aloud a letter written by Aunt Gertrude.
C. The author includes a flashback that details the narrator's interactions with and views on his aunt.
D. The author foreshadows the ending by mentioning Aunt Gertrude's well-known generosity.
Question 2
Part B
Which sentence from the exposition best illustrates the function of this part of the story as identified in Part A?
A. “Although I never felt particularly close to Aunt Gertrude, it was comforting to know she was close by in her last years.”
B. "I had seen Aunt Gertrude more in the past two years than I had ever before in my life, and she could be terrifying, often wearing a mean scowl on her deeply lined face."
C. “I’ll never forget the last moments before she died.”
D. “This was not the time to press Aunt Gertrude for details, and just a few minutes later, she died peacefully.”

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

the italian poet francesco petrarch did! (:

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