Question 7 Which choice BEST states how Ruthie's and Spencer's points of view
are different at first?
When I got home from soccer, I went straight to Spencer's
room. His face was one big beaming smile.
Ruthie thinks the plant cost too
much. Spencer thinks it's worth
the money
"Take a look." He pointed to a square box on his desk.
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I picked up the box, but it felt empty. When I opened the top
and peered inside, I saw a twig or something lying on the
bottom. It looked like a leggy green insect. No blossoms. No
pot. Not even any soil!
Ruthie thinks the plant will die
without soil. Spencer is sure it
will live.
"Is this it?" I hissed at Spencer.
Ruthie thinks their dad will hate
the plant. Spencer thinks he'll like
it
Spence's face fell, but he quickly recovered. He started
babbling excitedly. "Dad's gonna think this is so cool! It's an
air plant, see? It doesn't need any dirt. You just hang it from
a string!"
Ruthie thinks the plant is really
an insect. Spencer is sure it's a
plant.
"Great-like a big ugly spider!" I snapped, and stormed out
of his room, slamming the door.
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In which part of this excerpt from the gettysburg address does president abraham lincoln argue that the outcome of the war will depend on the determination and loyalty of northern citizens? four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. we are met on a great battle-field of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow— this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.