Read the excerpts from different sections “the scarlet ibis.” although doodle learned to crawl, he showed no signs of walking, but he wasn’t idle. he talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said. it was about this time that daddy built him a go-cart and i had to pull him around. at first i just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever i went. if i so much as picked up my cap, he’d start crying to go with me and mama would call from wherever she was, “take doodle with you.” *** he’d nod his head, and i’d say, “well, if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn.” then i’d paint for him a picture of us as old men, white-haired, him with a long white beard and me still pulling him around in the go-cart. this never failed to make him try again. based on these excerpts, what best describes the symbol of the go-cart within the story? a. it changes from a symbol of youth to a symbol of old age. b. it changes from a symbol of success to a symbol of failure. c. it changes from a symbol of hope to a symbol of desperation. d. it changes from a symbol of freedom to a symbol of captivity.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but it is in india, where it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies, that we have the first written record of sugar. long before the first pyramids were built in egypt, the ancient sumerians traded with the people of harappa and mohenjo daro, who lived along the indus river. unfortunately, we are still not able to read the writings left behind from those ancient cities. so the first documents telling us about life in that region come from a much later period. these hindu sacred teachings were probably first gathered together sometime between 1500 and 900 b.c., and were carefully memorized. only hundreds of years later were they finally written down. the hindu writings tell us of a religion in which fire was extremely important. people believed that the gods gave fire to human beings. yet fire was also a way for humans to reach the gods. by placing offerings in a special fire, a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods. five ingredients were selected for this special burning: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane. which details would best fit in a summary of this passage? select two options. "in india . . it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies" "the first written record of sugar" "long before the first pyramids were built in egypt" "gods gave fire to human beings" "a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods"