Reread the sentence from “All in a Day’s Work.” He opened the door, and Dr. Schwartz peered inside. What is the definition of the word peer as it is used in this sentence? A. a dock that goes out above the water B. a fruit related to an apple with a thin peel C. a person who is the same age, rank, or has the same ability D. to look carefully or intently at something that may be hard to see

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia