Read the list of sentences from the article. 1. They bore into trees, burrow beneath the frost line or find refuge in abandoned houses.
2. Laurie Maxwell, PAWS' director of community outreach, said cats are exceptionally resilient,
finding shelter under cars or dumpsters and inside vacant buildings.
3. Lawrence Heaney, the Negaunee curator of mammals at the Field Museum, said
hibernating animals like chipmunks have adequate body fat and insulated hiding places that
allow them to survive the cold.
4. Mosquitoes, meanwhile, protect themselves by spending the winter in urban sewers and
steam tunnels.

What central idea does this evidence support?
a
Animals that have layers or fat or fur are the most likely to survive the cold weather.
b
Many animals will die during the coldest part of winter, but the population will still survive.
c
Animals depend on assistance from humans to survive unusually cold winters.
d
Many animals are good at finding places to keep warm during the cold weather.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

In marigolds, what does lizabeth’s parents interaction in the middle of the night mainly reveal about lizabeth’s father?

"where are you taking me? " the car hesitated, or rather gave a faint whirring click, as if information, somewhere, was dropping card by punch- slotted card under electric eyes. "to the psychiatric center for research on regressive tendencies." he got in. the door shut with a soft thud. the police car rolled through the night avenues, flashing its dim lights ahead. which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt? o a. by showing leonard obeying the police car, the author reinforces the theme of surrendering one s individuality. o b. by relating the way the car responds, the author underscores the theme of the dangers of a mechanized of society o c. by having leonard, a seemingly normal person, taken to a psychiatric center, the author injects irony, leaving the reader surprised o d. by showing leonard communicating with another person, the author satisfies his need for human contact, leaving the reader hopeful