How does john change after the fight with the other driver boy in "water never hurt a man"? john feels being a driver boy is too hard and wants to tie-by for the night and lie in his bunk. john has gained a new confidence in himself and wants to continue through the locks. john loses faith in his ability to defend himself and is afraid his father will be angry with him. john becomes arrogant and wants to be known as a bully of the canal like his father.

What does roosevelt say the “nation asks for”. a ) renewed hope. b ) “stern performance of duty” c ) “action, and action now” d ) the creation of more federal jobs

Which of the following statements most closely reflects the author's description of the action taken by the united states supreme court in cases brought before them having to do with the japanese internment? a. "three years almost to the day, the supreme court decided that imprisoning japanese-americans was unconstitutional. " b. "the supreme court decided in favor of the japanese-americans in the very first case brought before them." c. "fred korematsu had plastic surgery and changed his name to avoid internment, making it the deciding case in the issue." d. "in april 1942 mitsue endo lost his habeus corpus case, thus postponing the supreme court's negative decision."

You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?