Read the following sentence and answer the question that follows. “When Luke arrived at the center he was guarded and didn’t tell the others much about himself.”
Using the denotative and connotative meanings of the word “guarded”, what does this sentence suggest about Luke?

A. He easily made new friends at the center.
B. He had bodyguards walking around the center with him.
C. He was protective of himself and didn’t open up to others.
D. He was happy and comfortable at the center.

It was said that my new york license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks i had. and so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. but such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows: local man: “new york, huh? ” me: "yep." local man: “i was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to new york? " alice: "it was thirty-six. i remember because it was the year alfred died.” local man: "anyway, i hated it. wouldn't live there if you paid me.” what is the purpose of this conversation in travels with charley? to show that most people in the united states hate new york to show that most people in the united states visit new york to show that most people do not treat the author differently because he is from new york to show that being from new york disrupts the author’s relationships with the people he meets

Em um acidente, um caminhão carregado de solução aquosa de ácido fosfórico (h3po4) tombou, derramando cerca de 24,5 toneladas dessa solução no asfalto. quantas toneladas de óxido de cálcio (cao) seriam necessárias para reagir totalmente com essa quantidade de ácido? 2 h3po4 + 3 cao → ca3(po4)2 + 3 h2o a. 14t b. 29t c. 42t d. 7t e. 21t

The children built a sand castle near the water.