One Last Dribble

"Hey, you guys. I, uh, need . . . Listen, go on play the game without me," Marcus asked his buddies to leave him alone. Suddenly, going through the motions was just not going to cut it. Marcus sat on the bench watching his friends who seemed carefree as birds on the beach. To him they seemed like boys, and he did not feel like one. The basketball flew through the air, but Marcus stopped following its motions.
It was just another afterschool game. Marcus had come to play and to forget about school. But he kept thinking about what had happened in class earlier that afternoon. As if pulled by an inner force, Marcus had stopped his best friend from playing a mischievous prank on the new science teacher. It was Marcus, the mastermind behind all the trouble in the school, who had actually stopped Dan from adding superglue to the stapler. Miss Pons, the science teacher, had walked in as Marcus snatched the stapler from Dan. Miss Pons had not asked Marcus any questions. Her glance showed an unspoken understanding.
"Come on, Markie!" Dan yelled between breaths, "Let's win this!"
Marcus did not hear his friend calling after him. He needed to figure things out on his own. He needed time alone to understand this change.
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A theme of this selection is
A.
people change as they grow up.
B.
life is usually predictable.
C.
the best things in life are free.
D.
true friends are hard to find.

the correct answer is:   [c]:

                    →     " leave it out. "  

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

both are bitter over their mistake