Connect each text detail to the common theme it best suggests. The horse nobody bet on won the
race.
Perfection takes time.
Eve gave the man her last crust of
bread; the next day, he saved her life.
A person's childhood does not
determine his or her future.
A tyrant's son grew up to be a famous
peacemaker.
Kindness is rewarded.
After six months, Janelle finally
finished her masterpiece.
Sometimes the underdog wins.

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.