I remember this from fifth grade. We were learning like the kids at Ron Clark Academy, its Reducing Information!
Answer:
B: The image of a car part in one of the young man’s hands and a cigarette in the other shows the contrast between being smart and foolish.
Explanation:
I just took the test on edge
B. I knew the rain falling lightly from the clouds would stop.
India’s geography contributed to its isolation from the rest
of Asia. It is a peninsula but on the North, the Himalayas shields it from
invasion of both men and ideas. On the East there are dense forests that
although have lower height, is infested with malaria. Great oceans surround the
south and mountain ranges that are difficult to traverse block the West. As a
result, the Indian community developed its caste system, the most elaborate
expression in history of an unmoving agricultural society.
I believe the answers to the sections of question 2 are:
A. "We" is who needs the umbrellas.
B. "Them" is the pronoun that replaces "umbrellas".