13. In paragraph 3, the author states, "Another seed was planted, this one in Katie's brain." What two
ideas is the author attempting to connect through the use of this statement?
A. The author is connecting the planting of the literal cabbage seedling Katie planted and the
idea that was planted in her head that if her one cabbage could feed 275 people, how many
people could an entire garden feed.
B. The author is connecting the idea that planting cabbage seeds can lead to green gardens.
C. The author is connecting the idea that Katie understands hunger and the need to convince
her school to donate land.
D. The author is connecting the literal cabbage seedling Katie planted to her work in the
soup kitchen.

Select the correct text in the passage. which part of this excerpt from homer's odyssey uses an epic simile? the king himself the vases ranged with care; then bade his followers to the feast prepare. a victim ox beneath the sacred hand of great alcinous falls, and stains the sand. to jove the eternal (power above all powers! who wings the winds, and darkens heaven with showers) the flames ascend: till evening they prolong the rites, more sacred made by heavenly song; for in the midst, with public honours graced, thy lyre divine, demodocus! was placed. all, but ulysses, heard with fix'd delight; he sate, and eyed the sun, and wish’d the night; slow seem’d the sun to move, the hours to roll, his native home deep-imaged in his soul. as the tired ploughman, spent with stubborn toil, whose oxen long have torn the furrow'd soil, sees with delight the sun's declining ray, when home with feeble knees he bends his way to late repast (the day's hard labour done); so to ulysses welcome set the sun; then instant to alcinous and the rest (the scherian states) he turn’d, and thus address'd: "o thou, the first in merit and command! and you the peers and princes of the land! may every joy be yours! nor this the least, when due libation shall have crown'd the feast,