Bev was coming toward them, then, her red mouth set in a bright, calculating smile. She ignored Millicent and sailed up to Herb. "Why waste your time with gophers?" she caroled gaily. "Their tongues are tied, but completely." Herb managed a parting shot. "But that one keeps such an attractive silence." —"Initiation," Sylvia Plath Based on the passage, what inferences can be made about the characters? Check all that apply. Bev is attracted to Herb. Bev is a jealous person who dislikes female competition. Millicent looks like a gopher. Herb thinks that Millicent is attractive. Herb prefers women who are shy.

Read the excerpt from "broken chain." alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. he liked the way prince looked—and the bass player from los lobos. alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back and streaked purple. but he knew his mother wouldn’t go for it. and his father, who was puro mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy.” what details from the passage would best support a paragraph about conflict between characters?

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

What is one thing that happened to benno harte when he and his family left france to escape the nazis?