100 points! must be !
choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. the dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. george and tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. one of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to france.
8. the man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. the movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. the players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. nobody (know, knows) the trouble i've seen.
14. (is, are) the news on at five or six?

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".