Answer:
A. The identification of the criminal's own fingerprints may be the most important tool in the conviction of a criminal.
Explanation:
Without knowing/reading the excerpt, I can determine that this statement is the author's purpose because the other answer choices are just listing details from the story, that actually support this statement.
Answer:
aster, meaning star I think
Explanation:
it seems to most likely be a: improve your writing. the passage talks a lot about how to improve writing specifically, not other things like crafts, which were mentioned here.
<em>if its not a, then it's c. sorry about that if this is so</em>
<span>The correct answer is A. a homeless man. Destitute means very poor, so a homeless man would fit that criteria. B and D are incorrect, because we can assume that a businesswoman and a soldier have some money since they have jobs. C is incorrect because it has nothing to do with money.</span>
