As explained in “With a Little Help From My Friends,” why did the author’s father always try to tell his American neighbors about petroleum? A. He thought Americans envied Iran's petroleum resources since America had so little.
B. He worked for an international petroleum company and liked talking about his work.
C. He knew they were fascinated by the story of how Iran's petroleum industry developed.
D. He wanted them to know that Iran was a modern country with a successful petroleum industry.

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced

Which description provides the best objective summary of the article in the passage?