Read the passage from “i know why the caged bird sings.” occasionally, though, mrs. flowers would drift off the road and down to the store and momma would say to me, "sister, you go on and play." as i left i would hear the beginning of an intimate conversation. momma persistently using the wrong verb, or none at all. "brother and sister wilcox is sho'ly the meanest—" "is," momma? "is"? oh, , not "is," momma, for two or more. but they talked, and from the side of the building where i waited for the ground to open up and swallow me, i heard the soft-voiced mrs. flowers and the textured voice of my grandmother merging and melting. they were interrupted from time to time by giggles that must have come from mrs. flowers (momma never giggled in her life). marguerite’s thoughts in this passage the reader to infer that mrs. flowers

"this year she had the extra joy of showing it to her small brother, and of terrifying him as well as herself. when they had done this many times they came back to the house to tell everybody that they had done it. he boasted. she mocked. they squabbled." how does julia feel about her little brother? does she love him? hate him? find him an annoyance? be sure you read what is implied by their reactions to each other.

Shape 1 and shape 2 are plotted on a coordinate plane. which statement about the shapes is true? a. shape 1 and shape 2 are not congruent.b. a translation will prove that shape 2 is congruent to shape 1.c. a rotation and a translation will prove that shape 2 is congruent to shape 1.d. a reflection, a rotation, and a translation will prove that shape 2 is congruent to shape 1.

Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure.a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.