Read this passage from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! by John DiConsiglio.

For 32 days, they drove along icy roads in the middle of the night. They logged thousands of miles and battled fierce snowstorms. They slept in little motels and ate at truck stops.

Some trudged through muddy farms and feed mills. Others picked through carcasses in slaughterhouses. Some pulled bad burgers from grocery store shelves. At night, they talked on the phone and compared the day’s results.

The author uses the order of events in the passage to

discuss a cause.
explain a solution.
introduce a problem.
reinforce the urgent tone.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3