I really need some help with this. This is for a test, so please be serious. Read the passage. Then answer the question.
excerpt from “The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth”
by George Alfred Townsend
What is the central idea of “The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth”? How do specific details from the text help to develop the central idea? Write a two-to-three paragraph response that includes textual evidence for support.
P. S. I did not attach the passage because it was so long. If you need it, please let me know.

Read the list of events from the first third of in his steps below and arrange them in chronological order. the crisis of powers' decision about the law violation. norman applies the challenge to the newspaper. rachel dedicates her voice to the lord. dedication of wright and marsh to political involvement in the rectangle problems. resignation of powers. arrival of the shabby stranger. maxwell's challenge to first church. maxwell's speech to the working men. rachel and virginia struggle with how christ would act in their cases. dedication of maxwell to the ministry in the rectangle. norman faces public reaction to the challenge.

Read these lines from "an open boat" and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
 which of the end rhymes below matches the one in the last line of the excerpt? “he’s living, i know. but he’s numbed with the cold.” “and there are no voices or ghosts in that darkness.” “and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.” “come. loosen your fingers. – o god, let me keep him! ”

Athesis statement is not a.a question; it is your answer to a research question that you will address in your essay b.your position on a topic you will address in your persuasive essay c.about the topic of your persuasive essay.it is about the opposite position