Which quotation from the text best demonstrates that jordyn has come to value her friendship with mariah? "when i told them i planned to bring mariah, i didn’t hear back from them. 'had a blast skating, and mariah fell only twice,' i captioned our selfie." "our friend groups rarely intersected, and most of our friends were not the least bit interested in changing that situation." "i didn’t have to befriend my teammates to work toward a common goal with them. 'going to make this work if it kills me,' i blasted online to my crew that week." "she knew a story for every situation, and the kids flipped when she read a few of her age-appropriate tales to them at bedtime."

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

In the excerpt above, what can be inferred by the statement, "the dillingham had been flung to the breeze during aformer period of prosperity.?