Which best states how the excerpt keeps readers interested in the story?
It creates suspense.
O It explains a past event.
It describes a conflict.
It quickens the story's pace.
Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
A bird! He sat up and shook his friend. "Goemon-
chan!" he said. "A bird!"
Goemon opened one eye. "It's a bird, that is true"
Goemon closed his eyes again. "Ahodori-fool bird ..."
"But, Goemon-chan!" Manjiro shook him again.
"Doesn't a bird mean there could be land nearby?"
"Yes," Goemon sighed. Suddenly his head popped up.
"Did you say land?"
The two boys shook the others, and they all stared
over the side of the boat at a small, dark line on the
horizon. As the boat drifted toward it, the dark line
grew into a tall, looming shape: an island.

How can behavioral science be applied in improving public health? a. by tracking a disease to determine its sourceb. by creating promotions that improve health habitscboth by tracking a disease to determine its source and by creating promotions that improve health habitsd. neither by tracking a disease to determine its source or by creating promotions that improve health habits

In at least 150 words, discuss the symbolic significance of janie’s hair in their eyes were watching god

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?