Read the excerpt from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba.
What do the details in the excerpt reveal about
Kamkwamba?
I didn't have a drill, so I had to make my own. First
heated a long nail in the fire, then drove it through a half a
maize cob, creating a handle. I placed the nail back on
the coals until it became red hot, then used it to bore
holes into both sets of plastic blades. I then wired them
together. I didn't have any pliers, so I used two bicycle
spokes to bend and tighten the wires on the blades.
O He is inventive and resourceful.
O He disregards others' property.
He is irresponsible and reckless.
O He is careful when using tools.

How does the mother defend her child to the old duck

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?