Which of the following statements best summarizes the overall meaning of "Charming Billy? US soldiers in the Vietnam War were proud to represent their country . Soldiers from the Vietnam War were less effective because some of them had been drafted.

The US military did not properly prepare soldiers for the fighting conditions in Vietnam.

The soldiers in the Vietnam War needed training in both physical and psychological survival tactics.

Which of the following sentences supports your answer to question 3?

"He would tell it to his father , how Billy Boy had been scared to death , never letting on

But even when he smelled salt and heard the sea, he could not stop being afraid ."

"But he could not stop giggling , the same way Billy Boy could not stop bawling that afternoon .

" He could not remember what they'd said about how to stop being afraid they hadn't given any lessons in courage not that he could remember ."

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”