Read this excerpt from the great fire. despite this, chief marshal williams had managed to get a thin circle of engines around the fire. he had five steamers at the scene now, plus three hose carts and a hook-and-ladder wagon, all of them pumping water into the fire at various locations. spectators were asked to and many responded by chopping up fences and sidewalks, hoping to deprive the fire of fuel. what caused firefighters to ask spectators to ? firefighters wanted to go home to check on their own families. there were not enough firefighters to do all of the necessary tasks. firefighters wanted more people to control the engines and steamers. there were too many people standing around and watching the fire.

Choose the option that includes the main claim in “the american promise”

9. types of literature that are told from a point of view include autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, and journals.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.