Read this sentence, which contains a biblical allusion from the story "the lightning-rod man." "see, the scroll of the storm is rolled back; the house is unharmed; and in the blue heavens i read in the rainbow, that the deity will not, of purpose, make war on man's earth." which of these statements best conveys meaning of the allusion? a) the rainbow signifies a new beginning for earth after a dark storm. b) god will save mankind from war and all manmade and natural disasters. c) god uses the rainbow as a sign of his promise never again to destroy all life on earth. d) the storm and the unharmed house are used to signify god’s mercy on humans.

4friends evenly divided up a nn-slice pizza. one of the friends, harris, ate 11 fewer slice than he received.

Which sentence from the text best develops the theme about the importance of compassion for other people? "besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers." "at first she wanted to intern at her dad's gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed michelle up at the oakcourt nursing home, only 15 minutes away from her house." "still, michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that erkan had a bad reputation among the staff." "she too had felt like everyone mistrusted her--especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff--so she understood how he must feel."

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.