(1) what would be the best use of a pie graph a) showing the heights of students in one class b) showing the height of one student over time c) showing the most-liked ice cream flavors of students in one class d) showing the temperature of one city over one year (2) imagine you are researching the forest in a specific national park. which resource would be for this research? a) a pie graph showing how many of each species of tree is found there b) a line graph showing how one tree in the forest grew over 10 years. c) an infographic that gives facts about the forest fires that occurred the year before. d) a bar graph showing the number of firefighters available to fight fire from nearby towns (3) how does the model research report use statistics? a) to disprove that recycling benefits the earth b) to show that the author is smart c) to persuade the reader to become an environmentalist d) to inform the reader and move him or her to action

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”