Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. it is unbelievable how fast people adapt. it hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. ‘home’ was the edge of the wooden plank i sat on as i dreamed of the jewish exiles of antiquity and the middle ages. more curious than afraid, i thought of myself as their brother. mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure. which best describes the author at this point in his life? a. he comprehends the situation but is trying to remain optimistic. b. he reveals the torment he feels while riding the train to the unknown. c. he is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening. d. he is troubled by how quickly the others have accepted the current condition.

What are two reasons why hamlet has for making the request of the actors? (hamlet)

200 words discuss the theme of outcasts in these chapters in at least two hundred words. what does it mean that the church takes in people that the clan rejects? how is nwoye an outcast? how does the clan treat the missionaries as outcasts?

Ineed . read this textbook passage. select the five (5) statements which are most logically supported by the given information. what would you do if you won ten million dollars in a lottery? your first reaction might be, “i’d spend the rest of my life on the beach (or skiing or traveling).” but in all likelihood you, like most other people who receive financial windfalls,would seek some kind of work eventually. a variety of motives keeps people working,even when they don’t need a paycheck to survive. if you’ve ever worked as a volunteer, you know that someone can be more satisfying than receiving pay. work also provides a sense of identity. one man aged 81 said, “i’ve been in the fabric business since i was a kid, and i still get a kick out of it." studies suggest that rats, pigeons, and children sometimes work to gain rewards,even if they can get the same rewards without working. one researcher wrote the following on the subject: rats will run down an alley tripping over hundreds of food pellets to obtain a single, identical pellet in the goal box, . . and pigeons will peck a key . . to get exactly the same food that is freely available in a nearby cup. given the choice of receiving marbles merely by waiting a certain amount of time for their delivery, children tend to prefer to press a lever . . to get the same marbles. 1. serving a purpose is satisfying. 2. it is not so lucky to win a large amount of money in a lottery. 3. endless “vacationing” eventually becomes dissatisfying. 4. the pay we receive is unimportant. 5. most people try to work as little as possible. 6. people, rats, and pigeons enjoy the challenges and interaction that work offers. 7. it generally feels better to achieve something than to be given something. 8. people who don’t retire continue to work only because they need the money. 9. most people who work as volunteers resent the fact that they are not paid for their work. 10. work can be its own reward.