Read the paragraph from the article: Depending on the person and situation, I'll have different answers to that dreaded question.
I'll tell white lies and change my story as I go, like many other TCKs. Sometimes I'll go for the
quick Finland and Senegal. Other times I'll tell the whole story: that I was born in
Helsinki, Finland, moved to Luxembourg, then to Brussels, Belgium, and finally to London,
England. Or I might say that my mum is from Finland and dad from Senegal, but that I really
feel like my home is in the U. K. now.
How does this paragraph contribute to the author's argument?
O It provides evidence that most TCKs feel forced to lie about their origins in order to maintain
their personal privacy.
It highlights the locations of her parents' origins in order to emphasize the cultures she feels
most connected to.
O It establishes her experience as a TCK as well as illustrating the challenges of relating that
experience to others.
It reiterates her nervousness about being accepted as well as illustrating which parts of the
story have been made up.

He following question refers to the text and graphic below. read the text and view the graphic carefully to you choose the best response. "how 7th grade students at madison middle school use their smart phones" i recently surveyed seventh graders at madison middle school to determine how they used their cell phones. my goal was to determine which daily activities were the most popular. out of 151 seventh graders in our school, 93 of them use smart phones. 57 of those students agreed to track their cell phones usage in a journal for three days. i compared journal statistics and gathered the following data. data revealed that students spent 35 percent of their phone time playing games and using apps. these included games played alone and against friends. it also included social media apps. students spent 21 percent of their time texting and 20 percent of their time listening to music. music included songs downloaded on their phones and music that streamed from other sources.14 percent of cell phone time was spent browsing the internet while 9 percent of the time was spent using the phone to take photographs. most ironically, students reported spending only 1 percent of their time using cell phones to make actual phone calls. image of a graph with the title, how 7th grade students at madison miller middle school use their smart phones. a pie chart is shown with the colours, orange, green, pink, purple, blue and light pink. the following are the present ages. orange 35 percent, games and apps. green, 21 percent, texting. pink 20 percent, music. purple, 14 percent web browsing. blue 9 percent, camera. light pink, 1 percent, phone calls.

Place the steps of the strategy for reading technical information in the correct order.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.