Read the following excerpt from an oral history: currently my grandfather resides in hayward, california. he is a retired grocery store owner and spends most of his time with his family and traveling. he is a u. s. citizen and will remain one, though he still likes to visit his homeland. he has been in america for more than half his life but still enjoys eating traditional chinese foods, and celebrating holidays like chinese new year, which is one of his favorites. he celebrates all holidays of the u. s. with his family. throughout my life, my grandfather has kept many chinese traditions alive in my family so we do not forget where we came from. his immigration to america has allowed him to have a good life and make something out of himself, where in china he may not have been able to do so. which best summarizes the passage? (10 points) the grandfather owned grocery store and was successful in his work and lucky with his family. it is essential for an immigrant to maintain cultural traditions to keep his or her identity. letting go of one's culture is a difficult obstacle that most immigrants cannot overcome. an immigrant can hold on to his history while embracing the opportunities of a new country.

Read this excerpt from white fang by jack london. the qualities in his kind that in the beginning made it possible for them to come in to the fires of men, were qualities capable of development. they were developing in him, and the camp-life, replete with misery as it was, was secretly endearing itself to him all the time. but white fang was unaware of it. he knew only grief for the loss of kiche, hope for her return, and a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his. which quotation from the paragraph supports the story’s theme of homesickness? “the camp life . . was secretly endearing itself to him all the time.” “but white fang was unaware of it.” “he knew only . . a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his.” “the qualities in his kind . . were qualities capable of development.”

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which excerpts from the war of the worldseffectively use setting to provide a contrast to the horror of the plot? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldshe remained standing at the edge of the pit that the thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival. the early morning was wonderfully still, and the sun, just clearing the pine trees towards weybridge, was already warm. they shouted consolation and promises, and went off back to the town again to get . one can imagine them, covered with sand, excited and disordered, running up the little street in the bright sunlight just as the shop folks were taking down their shutters and people were opening their bedroom windows. it was glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind, and the only shadow was that of the few scattered pine trees. the burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke. an enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. the heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn.