Read these sentences from the passage. The golden carp led the school through the wide, deep body of
the river city. "Don't look back," she told them. "Swim upstream
at all costs, as fast as you can." She hoped against hope that
beyond a bend in the river, they would find a safer haven, for
their very future depended upon it.
What do the lines of dialogue suggest about the golden carp?
Choose two responses.
She is foolish
She is focused.
O She is negative.
She is fearless.
She is determined.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine