"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years." how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea? a) they give insight into the doctor’s motivation for people. b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town. c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town. d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.

What evidence in the excerpt supports schwartz claim? select three options

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?

Read the summary of the first three paragraphs of “the world on turtle’s back.”[1] in the beginning, there was no land, only the great ocean. [2] the sky-world, the home of the gods, was above the ocean. [3] a sacred tree stood at the center. [4] one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife. [5] this created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. [6] the man's wife fell through the hole toward the ocean below, clutching the roots in her hand. which is the best way to combine sentences 4 and 5? a) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. b) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. c) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. d) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.