11. Based on the information from the article, what conclusion could the author of "How to Climb a Mountain" reasonably draw about why Ed
McGee from "The Hike"did not reach the peak before Mr. Arseno?
A. McGee was injured while scaling the mountain.
B. McGee was unhealthy and in relatively poor shape.
C. McGee did not know how to climb a mountain.
D. McGee was carrying too much equipment for the kind of climb that
had been planned.

Read the dialogue from act ll scene iv of romeo and juliet. which word from the conversation best the reader understand the mood of the scene?

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry