What is a central idea of this story?
mundra risks facing the unknown to escape her miserable existence. mundra leaves her beloved family behind in pursuit of an independent life. although she is strong, mundra is eventually overwhelmed by the abuse of those around her. after many disappointments, mundra abandons hope and accepts her situation. part b

which quotation from the story best develops the response to part a? “she knew not what might await her there, but, childlike, she had faith to believe that even unknown people would not treat a beggar more cruelly than she, a widow, had been treated by her own.”

“and at that time, less than one year before, she had gone to her husband's home a welcomed bride,…”

“the pain in her back almost made her cry out at times, but she restrained herself and lay still, unheeded, in the corner behind the ”

“down came the hot tongs a second time upon the tender, though dark, skin and mundra fell in a faint beside the mill.”

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

The brother of a presidential candidate writes an editorial in which he defends this candidate against charges of corruption. in such a circumstance, it is most appropriate for the reader to a) suspect that the candidate may have been framed. b) consider whether the candidate has the best family or not. c) wonder if the writer may be biased, due to his family connection. d) wonder if the writer may be inaccurate, due to wanting to get people to read his column. \

What is a predic. how did the great railroad strike of 1877 demonstrate the power of workers? ate noun?