1 Malcolm is not satisfied with his thesis statement in sentence 3. Which of the
following should replace sentence 3 to provide a more effective thesis statement?
A He showed determination because he started off as a slave and ended
up a senator.
B It takes determination to go from being a slave to a war hero then,
eventually, a senator.
C Not many people can say they started off as a slave, became a hero during
the war, and ended up being a senator.
His rise from slavery to war hero to senator embodies the kind of fortitude
that the average person hardly imagines possible.

0) "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, support structures, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important. which two central ideas in this story are most closely related?