The answers are given here with short explanations :
Explanation:
Question 1:
<u>Erika considered his class good preparation for college.</u>
While the first sentence reveals she does not dislike him, this is a clear indication of her respect for him.
Question 2:
<u>Her B in Mr. Kelp's class was her lowest letter grade overall.</u>
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The lines before this make it clear that she is brilliant so this shows that all other grades are As.
Question 3:
<u>She wants Erika to steal a copy of the test from the teacher.</u>
She indirectly wants Erika to do it.
Question 4 :
<u>They wanted Erika to steal the answers for them instead.</u>
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They knew they could coerce her to steal the papers for them so they did not want to study.
Question 5:
<u>Her teammates gave three explicit reasons.</u>
They reasoned that they cannot study for the test and that they may loose the championship and lastly that a team player puts the team first.
Answer:
Franz Kafka wrote the metamorphosis at first because <u>he felt the need to express the confrontation of man with the oppression of a modern world</u> (At that time it was the outbreak of the First World War), and as such the history of metamorphosis originated as a story about the unbearable weight of responsibility he had to express that feeling.
Explanation:
Franz Kafka was a writer born in Prague, his works and writings were influential in existentialism, the philosophy of the absurd and other literary currents.
He also directly influenced writers who read his works thanks to his crude, unusual and absurd style.
The sentence that uses a verb that agrees with its subject is D. Here are some new stamps from the post office.
Subject - Stamps (plural) Verb - are (plural)
A) Subject - Buildings(plural) Verb used - hides (singular) should be: hide (plural)
B) Subject - Minerals (plural) Verb used - is (singular) should be: are (plural)
C) Subject - Athlete (singular) Verb used - sit (plural) should be: sits (singular)
The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. It was mixed every day into the pigs' mash. The early apples were now ripening, and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls. The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally; one day, however, the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for the use of the pigs. At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use. All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon. Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others.
-Animal Farm,
George Orwell
Which statement best explains how details in the passage develop the central idea that the leaders believe that they deserve more?
Answer:
The details show that the pigs get privileges, while the other animals do all the labor.
Explanation:
The statement which best explains how details in the passage develop the central idea that the leaders believe that they deserve more is the detail that shows that all the other animals except the pigs do the hard labor while the pigs enjoy some privileges.
Based on this excerpt from Animal Farm by George Orwell, the leaders believe that they deserve more because equality does not exist.
