Opinion: the university needs to expand its parking space by 20 percent in the next year to have enough parking for faculty and students. which statement would best support this opinion? the parking ramps now in use are 99 percent full during the day and the number of drivers is growing 20 percent a year. b. professor jane crowe reports that she has to drive to the top most level of the ramp to find a spot to park her vehicle every day. c. the number of students living in dorms on campus has risen 8 percent in the last year because local rental costs have gone up. plato english 2 a

1.c

2.a

3.d

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.