7. What claim does the author support by including
the detail that "women make up more than a quarter
of the members of [Afghanistan's) parliament"?
a Both Americans and Afghans are eager to end
the fighting.
b The Taliban have committed to keeping terrorist
groups out of Afghanistan.
c Many Afghan women have horror stories
of how they were treated under Taliban rule.
d There's been considerable progress for women
in recent years in Afghanistan.

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.

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls

Click on the boxes to correctly identify how the forms of the word sense are used. marty sensed that his baseball team was in trouble. "whoa, that sensation wasn't entirely pleasant." the sensible thing to do now is study.