Part A What is a central idea of the Newsela article "Lots of Lottery Winners go Bankrupt"?

A. It is more likely for a person to be struck by lightning than to win the lottery.

B. Many winners of the lottery often end up with little money or assets.

C. Winning the lottery changes a person's life forever.

D. Choosing advisors for investments is important if one wins the lottery.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer from Part A?

A. "The jackpot for the rival Powerball game had reached $1.58 billion in 2016."

B. "One found that a third of lottery winners go bankrupt and lose everything."

C. "The winner could also choose to get the $1.53 billion in smaller payments instead, getting money every year for 30 years."

D. "Then, the winner has to pay taxes on the earnings."

Read the paragraph from nick’s personal narrative. standing alone in my family’s barn, i thought about how much hard work and time my parents had invested—how much hard work and time we had all invested—in maintaining a fully operational farm. i did not remember a time when my clothes had not reeked of manure or my hair had not held fast to brittle pieces of straw. what would happen if my parents had to sell the farm so we could move closer to my grandparents? just as i was attempting to imagine a life in the city, a sudden commotion erupted and interrupted my thoughts. with animals squawking and dust flying, i scrambled to pinpoint the source of this unexpected intrusion. in seconds that felt more like minutes, i was successful . . and i could scarcely believe what my eyes were seeing. which element of a personal narrative would be best for nick to include next?

Which of the following events of the story actual occurs first in the sequence of events

The playwright would be able to express __ but the painter likely would not