Read the excerpt from chapter 39 of  the awakening. 
she thought of léonce and the children. they were a part of her life. but they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul.
which of edna’s beliefs is described in the excerpt?
a) families should not rob women of their freedom.
b) husbands and children seek to own their parents.
c) freedom comes only to those who make sacrifices.
d) enlightenment comes by relinquishing loved ones.

Which statement best expresses the meaning of these lines from “the courage that my mother had”? that courage like a rock, which she / has no more need of, and i have. a. the speaker equates her mother's courage with a rock. b. the speaker needs the kind of courage her mother showed. c. the speaker realizes her mother no longer needs courage d. the speaker realizes her mother found courage in rocks.

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.