Use the following passage to answer the question. (1) water is something most of us take for granted. (2) if we need a cold drink or want to take a shower, water is there. (3) if we want to water our yards or wash the dishes, water is there. (4) for many parts of the world, however, this is not true. (5) water is not everywhere it's miles away. (6) to get water involves a long walk to and from the source. (7) traditionally it is the job of women and children to spend their days searching for water. (8) then, they gather it to bring back to their homes. (9) sadly, even after that water is found, only some of its clean and safe enough to drink. (10) a number of groups across the globe have spent decades people get better access to water. (11) one such organization is called water. org (12) it was started in 2009 by actor matt damon and gary white, the co-founder of water partners. (13) what have they accomplished so far which sentence is missing an apostrophe for a contraction? a. (5) water is not everywhere it's miles away. b. (7) traditionally it is the job of women and children to spend their days searching for water. c. (9) sadly, even after that water is found, only some of its clean and safe enough to drink. d. (4) for many parts of the world, however, this is not true

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

Read the sentence. the governor knew that one sometimes had to fight to win the peace. which is the correct description of the noun peace in this sentence?