After reading the text pgs. 7-8, respond to the following questions in complete sentences and in paragraph form. (One brief paragraph for each question.)
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “If they can afford it, people should buy whatever they want?” Why or why not?
2. Do you think you are “hardwired” (patterned to behave a certain way) to engage in” emotional spending” (buying things we don’t need or really want as a result of feeling stressed, board, upset etc) given the amount of advertisements present in today’s society? (Give examples)
3. How do we decide what we want versus what we need? What can result from an imbalance between want and need?

The truck driver backed his vehicle between two buildings, he did not have an inch to spare on either side. fragment, run on, or complete sentence?

What is the direct object in the following sentence? jerry asked him a question. a. question b. jerry c. asked

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.