Read the excerpt from a short story. the young docent welcomed the class to the museum, explaining that the east wing was under construction and he’d be leading them to the first exhibit. his fingers leapt to his name tag as he nervously introduced himself as "liam, a student of the arts." then he bade the group follow him. they traversed a vaulted wall lined with hulking objects, each one obscured by a faded tarpaulin. some of the items stretched across the floor, others cast long shadows on the museum walls. what technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt? a. darkening the word choice
b. quickening the pace of the story
c. intentionally omitting setting details
d. making the outcome of events uncertain

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.