Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun . They were tense, each of them with their fingers on their triggers. In the foyer, one officer was frisking Ronnie. Another officer had Nasser against the wall by the stairway. “Give me your ID,” one man said to Zeitoun. Zeitoun complied. The man took the ID and gave it back to Zeitoun without looking at it. “Get in the boat,” he said. “You didn’t look at it,” Zeitoun protested. “Move!” another man barked. What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs. society conflict?
Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun . Zeitoun had long feared this day would come. Each of the few times he had been pulled over for a traffic violation, he knew the possibility existed that he would be harassed, misunderstood, suspected of shadowy dealings that might bloom in the imagination of any given police officer. What is happening in the excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close . She said, “Ron is a great person,” which was an answer to a question I didn’t ask. So I asked again. “True or false: you are in love with Ron.” She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, “Oskar, Ron is my friend .” Which statement best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt?
Which of the following excerpts from Fast Food Nation best provides evidence that fast food restaurants are designed for using unskilled labor?
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation . English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation’s restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. The proportion of fast food workers who cannot speak English is even higher. Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt?
Which phrase best describes predictions?
Read the excerpt from "As Debris Piles Up, Americans Are Skeptical Enough Will Be Done to Limit Space Junk.” Circling the Earth at speeds around 10 times faster than a bullet, the kinetic energy of even miniscule objects can pack a punch strong enough to puncture the hull of a space station or damage solar panels and communication arrays. As more satellites are launched into space, the probability of collisions grows. There are, however, preventive measures that could mitigate the problem. Based on the signal words, which is the best prediction about the rest of the paragraph?
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