Before Commander Thread arrives in District 12, which of the following best describes the difference between the setting of District 11 and District 12? a. District 11 has an abundance of mockingjays; District 12 has game, animals to be hunted.

b. District 11 is much larger and produces agriculture; District 12 is much smaller and produces coal.

c. District 11 is heavily secured; District 12 has easy-going Peacekeepers.

d. District 11 has many victors; District 12 only has three victors.

Arrange the events in chinese history in chronological order using the numbers 1-4. the ming dynasty falls to the qing. china experiences a 400-year period of peace known as the pax sinica during the han dynasty. a golden age of expansion and culture occurs during the tang dynasty. nationalists and communists fight a civil war for control of china.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an explicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the swan is very old and wise b) the narrator seeks the swan’s wisdom c) the narrator asks the swan questions about its origin, destination, and goal d) the origin, destination, and goal of the swan are important for the spiritual growth of e) the narrator