What was the main reason that Jews fled to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century? A. to gain better educational opportunities B. to gain employment in American industries C. to escape the political instability in Europe D. to escape persecution in Russia and Eastern Europe

Poling our way along the inky green waterway, we glided upstream through quiet still-water bends in the river, where mats of fragrant white flowers had gathered, closing behind the stern of our 24-inch-wide dugout and concealing any sign of our passage. —eric hansen, stranger in the forest: on foot across borneo, 1998 which of these items in the passage is an example of borneo’s flora? a. “the inky green waterway” c. “mats of fragrant white flowers” b. “still-water bends in the river” d. “the stern of our 24-inch-wide dugout”