Read the following passage:
prairie rabbit did not always have long ears. long ago,
when prairie rabbit had small ears, mother earth told him
to stay away from the wampanoag people's cornfields. but
prairie rabbit did not listen. he loved to hop through the
cornfields and chew the sweet kernels. the wampanoag
people were upset with prairie rabbit. they called out to
mother earth for . so mother earth stretched the ears
of the prairie rabbit. again, she told him to stay out of the
cornfields. this time, his long ears heard loud and clear.
which of these narratives most closely matches the tone of the passage?
a. several families banded together to make the journey westward.
most packed everything they owned into just one wagon.
b. i always enjoyed playing in the creek bed with jesse. we'd hunt for
crayfish and get distracted by interesting rocks.
c. once upon a time, there was a little prince who lived in a large
castle. he was always getting into trouble.
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d. this time when the boy cried wolf, no one came to him. they
had learned not to trust the boy.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)