Gray light lingered above the trees, but the woods were full of night. Dasha felt solely responsible for the safety of her niece. When Ada stumbled, Dasha grabbed her tiny hand, then picked her up. "See? This is fun," she said to the child, forcing sunshine into her voice. Her thoughts were bleak: Why is she so heavy? We are good and truly lost. I don't want her to be scared... 1. What is one external conflict? What is one internal conflict? ?

2. Which sentences in the story describe Dasha's perspective on the situation?

3. Choose the resolution that is most logical, given Dasha's behavior and perspective. Explain your choice.

A Dasha leaves Ada in the woods and comes back for her the next morning.

B Dasha sits and waits till dawn while Ada sleeps.

In the poem, collins suggests that memories do what as people age

Hamlet act 1 what advice does polonius give his son, laertes?

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.