Refer to the Newsela article "PRO/CON: Should We Abolish the Electoral College?" Read the text under the heading "PRO: Let's Give All Voters an Equal Voice."

The author makes the claim that the Electoral College is outdated.

How does the author effectively support this claim?

by describing a more efficient way of conducting presidential elections

by explaining how the United States has changed over time

by explaining how the Electoral College began

by describing reasons why people support the Electoral College

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".

the correct answer is c. both inform the reader that faryad and liaqat were not given the chance to tell their vision of events at the police station.

the story comes from the book "the little hero: one boy's fight for freedom", written by iqbal mashis.

the book tells the story of the author and the children's slavery. it is an illustrated book.