Read the excerpt from "Exploring Mars.” Stories about the Mars rat spread. It was hard to tell who was serious and who was joking. Some people said the photo was proof of extraterrestrial life.

The underlined sentence can best be described as

the topic of this paragraph.
the central idea of this paragraph.
a big idea for the topic.
a supporting detail for the central idea.

there purpose is to entertain

the answer is b. legendary founder of thebes

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.