Read the following excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies. Then I walked into Mr. and Mrs. Frank's bedroom. On the floor, amidst the chaos of papers and books, my eye lit
on the little red-orange checkered, cloth-bound diary that Anne had received from her father on her thirteenth
birthday. I pointed it out to Elli. Obeying my gesture, she leaned down and picked it up for me, putting it into my
hands. I remembered how happy Anne had been to receive this little book to write her private thoughts in. I knew
how precious her diary was to Anne. My eyes scanned the rubble for more of Anne's writings, and I saw the old
accounting books and many more writing papers that Elli and I had given to her when she had run out of pages in
the checkered diary. Elli was still very scared, and looked to me for direction. I told Elli, "Help me pick up all Anne's
writings."
Choose the question that would be most effective at encouraging good discussion.
What would you have done if you found Anne's dairy pages in the midst of the chaos?
What has happened to Anne, her family, and the rest of the people who were hiding?
Why does Miep tell Elli to pick up all of the pages from Anne Frank's scattered diary?
How would you feel if you were Miep and Elli digging through all of the items on the floor?

Constructing an argument: in modern american society, the legalization of marijuana continues to be controversial and hotly debated. some people find it contradictory that certain "drugs"—such as tobacco and alcohol—are legalized even though they pose proven health risks, while marijuana, which has many medicinal applications, continues to be illegal by the federal government. what reasons do you think the federal government gives for outlawing marijuana, and do the reasons support the conclusion?

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban. i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets. how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction. it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values. it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba. it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. its capital, maputo, is the city where the port is located; it is linked by rail with south africa, swaziland, and zimbabwe. a. compound b. complex c. simple d. compound-complex