Read the sentence. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood,” is an instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sounds. what choice shows the best way to simplify the first half of this sentence? a. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon. meaning “wood,” is a percussion instrument. b. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood.” is a percussion instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars. c. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon. d. the xylophone is a percussion instrument whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood.”

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance