When she went down her ladder she found her grandfather had already left the hut. He was standing outside looking at the sky and examining the landscape as he did every morning, to see what sort of weather it was going to be. Excerpt 2 Then Heidi ran round to the fir trees to enjoy the sound she loved so well, and with every fresh gust of wind which came roaring through their branches she gave a fresh jump and cry of delight. Based on the excerpts provided, what traits do Heidi and her grandfather share? A)They are both afraid of losing one another B)They are both giddy and easily excited C)They are both gruff and short on words D)They are both sensitive to their environment

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.