Explain what Maniac means in Chapter 37, page 142, when he says, "For the McNabs, there was nothing free about public education. A tuition had to be paid. Every week Maniac paid it."

Read the passage. “ah, are you digging on my grave my loved one? —planting rue? ” —“no: yesterday he went to wed one of the brightest wealth has bred.” in “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” by thomas hardy, what has happened to the dead woman’s widower? he has moved away. he has remarried. he has come to visit. he has died.

Context clues can be definitions, examples, synonyms, or antonyms. the word root can give you an idea of the word’s meaning. affixes can you determine the word’s form and meaning. use the drop-down menus to identify the root in each difficult word. automatic: gratify: untenable:

“third, all reviewers have a bias – no matter how impartial they try to be, opinions on movies are just that: opinions. this isn’t necessarily a bad thing: if you read a review by a critic that you know prefers foreign films, you know how seriously you should take his scathing critique of ironman.” according to this passage, all reviewers a. prefer foreign films c. have bias b. hated the movie ironman d. refuse to watch popular films