Excerpt from Hiring A Babysitter Tracy Wilson
After running an ad in a local newspaper, the father of twin toddlers interviewed several potential candidates and narrowed it
down to two he thought to be the most qualified. Both women were in their forties and very pleasant, and he thought that either
of them would do an excellent job. Undecided, he ran a background check on each of the women and was shocked to find that
one of the women had an extensive criminal history and was recently treated in a mental health facility. Obviously, he hired the
other woman. A week later, the father was shocked when he picked up a newspaper and read that the woman he did not hire
had severely injured a little girl who was under her care.
From the passage, the reader can infer that the author has the opinion that
A)
babysitters are very expensive.
B)
children can drive adults crazy.
C)
too many children are left alone.
D)
people are not always what they seem.

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

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Questions 1–2: identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause. 1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich. 2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.