When he finally reached one of them, he raised his head and looked up. He could not lift his arm to reach out. His blood turned to ice, and dizzy again, he felt himself sinking. For when he had looked into his rescuer’s face, he had gazed into a pair of eyes as blue as the sea.
Which best states why the author ends the paragraph with a cliffhanger?

to show the resolution to a problem in the story
to create a feeling of relief after a scary event
to develop the traits of the main character
to build suspense so the reader will keep reading

Based on your knowledge of word parts what does the word intervene mean

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york

Which is the correct mla format for a parenthetical citation for page 25 of a book titled my father, my hero by desmond frimpong?