Read this excerpt from The Secret Garden. "He was a sour young man and got no good of all his money and big place till he was married."

. . . "She was a sweet, pretty thing and he'd have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted."

Which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage?

Love opens a person's heart.

Curiosity is a natural part of childhood.

Secrets are sweeter when shared between friends.

Grief can make people do strange things.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful