The story “rules of the game” ends with waverly alone in her room thinking about her argument with her mother. she is imagining a chess game with her mother as her opponent.

“her black men advanced across the plane, slowly marching to each successive level as a single unit. my white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one. as her men drew closer to my edge, i felt myself growing light. i rose up into the air and flew out the window. higher and higher, above the alley, over the tops of tiled roofs, where i was gathered up by the wind and pushed up toward the night sky until everything below me disappeared and i was alone.
i closed my eyes and pondered my next move.”

prompt 1:

write an essay describing what you think waverly’s next move will be.

Armed with invisible ink, a cipher system, and a passion to end the war and preserve the union, elizabeth van lew became butler's eyes and ears in the confederate capital city. truth be told, however, she became much more than that. she became a spymaster, the person responsible for running a network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war. in addition to the spying, elizabeth van lew continued to maintain her church hill home as a safe house and something of a local union spy headquarters. —the dark game, paul janeczko what is the central idea of this passage? van lew’s home was used as a safe house, which was critical to the confederacy. van lew had a passion to end the war and preserve the union. van lew was a spymaster, a leading force in the espionage activities for the union. van lew did not enjoy working for general butler.