Read the excerpt from "the straw, the coal, and the bean.”

the bean, who had prudently stayed behind on the shore, could not but laugh at the event, was unable to stop, and laughed so heartily that she burst. it would have been all over with her, likewise, if, by good fortune, a tailor who was travelling in search of work had not sat down to rest by the brook.

as he had a compassionate heart he pulled out his needle and thread, and sewed her together. the bean him most prettily, but as the tailor used black thread, all beans since then have a black seam.

which statement most accurately explains the structure of this passage?

a the author builds up to the most important idea in the story, which is that the bean lives.
b the author uses chronological order to show the history of the bean's experiences.
c the author uses cause and effect to show that the tailor's repair causes the bean to have a black line.
dthe author uses problem and solution to show how the tailor solves the bean's problem of having exploded.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

Which example is presented in chronological

Reread paragraph 4. what direct impact did the efforts individuals like ava deer have?