Which sentence best explains the narrator's reluctance to buy the American apples?
I had expected my daughter to jump for joy again, yet at the
very first bite, she froze, a puzzled look in her vivid eyes.
In this city of ours where people like to chase whatever is
fashionable, many kinds of foreign apples flood in like mad,
the most attention-catching of which are American apples.
The red ones are so red, green ones so green, shiny, wax
like, as if painted on.
It's just that in my heart I didn't want to waste my money on

Which revision, if any, best fixes the bolded (capitalized in this case) part of the sentence? female cardinals, a somewhat drab bird compared to the males, blend in well with their environment. no change somewhat drab birds a somewhat drab's bird somewhat drab bird's

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.