Read this sentence from Paragraph 3 of the passage.

After the requisite birthday song, she blew out her candle, scarfed down the pancakes, and ran upstairs to pack the new costume carefully in her backpack.

Which word has the most similar meaning to requisite in this sentence?

obligatory

optional

happy

surprising

Which image best conveys a sentimental tone in "hearts and hands? "

In these frames, the author emphasize the challenges lqbal faced by showing

8. "caged bird" right now, i feel like a bird caged without a key everyone comes to stare at me with so much joy and reverie they don't know how i feel inside through my smile, i cry they don't know what they're doing to me keeping me from flying that's why i say i know why the caged bird sings only joy comes from song she's so rare and beautiful to others why not just set her free? so she can fly, fly, fly spreading her wings and her song let her fly, fly fly for the whole world to see she's like caged bird fly, fly ooh just let her fly just let her fly just let her fly spread the wings spread the beauty what is the allusion found in the poem? question 8 options: a) alicia keys b) i know why the caged bird sings c) spreading her wings and her song d) fly, fly, fly