I dont know if you got the answer already but I think its the first one third and last! I dont know if its right.
Answer:
A: They were trying to time it to the last possible second
Explanation:
A is the only solution presented in the excerpt. B is the distractor answer. The key word is wanted. It's what they want it's not how they're solving the problem.
The correct answer is “her compassion”. This is defined as kind pity and concern for the sorrows or misfortunes of others. In this excerpt we can notice how Mrs. Hendricks cares about others instead of prioritizing herself by asking people to donate clothes and toys for humble, people in need, while she didn’t even buy new things for her family.
Answer:
Four years after President John F. Kennedy sent the first American troops into Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Jr., issued his first public statement on the war.
Explanation:
Four years after President John F. Kennedy sent the first American troops into Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Jr., issued his first public statement on the war. Answering press questions after addressing a Howard University audience on 2 March 1965, King asserted that the war in Vietnam was “accomplishing nothing” and called for a negotiated settlement (Schuette, “King Preaches on Non-Violence”).
