PART A: Which of the following best describes a major theme of the text?
A Men and women should be equal, but they are too different to get along properly.
B Death can be unexpected and can cause anyone to feel sorrow, even for someone they did not love.
C True happiness comes from within rather than from circumstances outside of one’s control.
D Newfound independence can bring the promise of freedom and happiness into a person’s life.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.