The following question refers to the text gus and frieda: geniuses at recess. read the paragraph and answer the question below it. the paragraphs have been labeled a, b, and c. the sentences in each paragraph have been numbered to you identify them more easily.

gus and frieda: geniuses at recess

(a)
(1) gus and frieda were not enjoying recess. (2) they considered themselves athletically challenged. (3) to make things worse, the young geniuses' teacher asked them to play dodge ball.

(b)
(1) panic showed on gus's face. (2) frieda was worried, too. (3) they both feared they would fail epicly.

(c)
(1) gus and frieda studyed the situation then got an idea. (2) when no one was looking, they replaced themselves with identical robots. (3) the plan worked terrifically, and they dodged disaster for the day.

what statement is true about paragraph b?

answer; the correct answer to the above statement is (true);

answer: compare a myth legend, or classic work of literature of you choice to a modern work that reinterprets it.focus on the similarities in theme between the newer work and the original, and provide examples that illustrate these themes from both works. the modern work may be any novel, movie, play, short story, or other storytelling medium with which you’re familiars long as it is clearly inspired by a myth, legend, or classic work of literature.

short-response prompt  

read the following excerpt from “fish cheeks” by amy tannin which tan recounts a christmas eve dinner.  

i fell in love with the minister’s son the winter i turned fourteen. he was not chinese, but as white as mary in the manger. for christmas i prayed for this blond-haired boy, robert, and a slim new american nose.  

on christmas eve i saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. she was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. the kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: a slimy rock cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. a howl soaking dried fungus back to life. a plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.  

after everyone had gone, my mother said to me. “you want to be the same as american girls on the outside.” she handed me an early gift. it was a miniskirt in beige tweed. “but in side you must always be chinese. you must be proud you are different. your only shame is to have shame.”