part a
which event is part of the complicating incident of this story?
a.) samara goes to the library to find out how to open a park in pine grove.
b.) samara is nervous about her presentation for the town zoning board.
c.) samara identifies the plot on cedar avenue as a possible park location.
d.) samara sees children playing tag on a small plot of land between houses.
question 2 part b
which detail from the story supports the answer in part a?
a.) “that is a perfect spot," wanda said. "it’s right in the middle of town, and better yet, the town owns it.”
b.) "as samara nodded and waved goodbye, she started thinking about what she had seen on her walk home that day."
c.) "samara spent many afternoons over the next few weeks at the library with wanda and a few of the other librarians drawing up a detailed plan to present to the town officials."
d.) "samara thought she at least sounded confident as she presented her idea to the board."

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the effect of totalitarianism on the animals? "progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed." "it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick." "they were always cold, and usually hungry as well." "for a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done."

Select the contred text in the passage which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife? an old woman and mrs. herd's sister were in the sitting-room, they showed us to the crazy, narrow stairway. though we lived distant but four hundred yards of a crows flight, we had never seen mrs. herd before, for that is the way of things in this land of minding one's own business a slight dark girlish-looking woman, almost quite refined away, and with those eyes of the dying, where the spirit is coming through, as it only does when it knows that al is over except just the passing. she lay in a double bed with clean white sheets. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bow, the small lattice window open. though it was hot in there, it was better far than the rooms of most families in towns, living on a wage of twice as much, for here was no sign of defeat in decency or cleanliness. in her face, as in poor herd's, was that same strange minging of resigned despair and almost eager appeal, so terrible to disappoint. yet, trying not to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round her? but what else could we do? we could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state. and the night was so beautiful, so utterly glamourously beautiful, with its star-flowers, and its silence and its trees clothed in moonlight. all was tranquil as a dream of sleep. but it was long before our hearts wandering with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream

Hamlet act 1 what does queen gertrude tell hamlet?