Read the passage. Getting a new cat or kitten is exciting, but owning a pet is a big responsibility. Owners need to buy certain items to care for their pets. They also need to teach them good behavior, and, of course, give them love and attention. If you plan how you will care for your new cat, you will be a much better caregiver for your furry friend. you need to prepare before adopting or purchasing a new pet. Here is a list of items that a cat needs: Items You'll Need to Take Care of a Cat litter and a litter box dishes for water and food cat food training treats cat carrier toys cat brush collar with a quick-release buckle cat harness if you plan to walk the cat Purchasing these items before getting your pet will make caring for it much easier. For a new kitten, it will help with training it right away. Also, these items will be familiar to an older cat. As a result, it will be more comfortable in its new home. Using information from the passage and text features, select how the list helps support the text. It supports the claim that buying certain items can be expensive. It supports the claim that owners need to prepare before purchasing a pet. It supports the claim that purchasing a cat or kitten is exciting. It supports the claim that owners need to teach cats good behavior.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer to "what does the narrator realize by the end of the story" is b.