Read the excerpt. I used to like being called a “Rabbit,” after our school mascot, when I ran on our school track team, but I when the district cut our budget.

Choose the phrase that best creates an angry, blaming tone in the sentence.

couldn’t do track
couldn’t run anymore
had to leave the team
was robbed of track

What theme is best revealed by this conflict? a.)with cooperation, crews can defeat the gods. b.)dangerous ocean travel claims many lives. c.)rest is required for all who work hard. d.)people must respect the wrath of the gods. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships and driving veils of the squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed outstrips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.