10. read the following sentences from "the high school step team" as karla turned away from jade and walked down the hall towards the math class, she pictured her cousin shrugging her shoulders. "okay, do whatever you think is best," jade said, "i'll see you at home." after reading these sentences, the reader can infer that? a) jade and karla frequently argue with each other. b) karla is not happy with jade is pressuring her. c) jade is used to doing things that don't involve karla. d) karla is familiar with jade's nonverbal reactions. 11. "the high school step team" addresses all of the following themes except? a) practice makes perfect. b) friends are always there to support one another. c) peer pressure can sometimes be a good thing. d) it is important to try something new before deciding against it. 12. which is the main way the author reveals jade's character to readers? a) by describing jade's appearance. b) by describing jade's thoughts. c) by what jade says and what karla thinks about jade. d) by what other characters say jade and how they act around karla. does anyone the rest of the answers for 13- 26?

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.