Read this passage from "marie curie and the discovery of radioactivity": to the austrian mine owners who had sent the pitchblende ore, it was just dirt. after all, they had already taken out the valuable part—the metallic element called uranium—and dumped what was left over in a nearby pine forest. if a pair of eccentric french scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it, the mine owners were happy to oblige. why might the author have included these details? a. to make clear that the curies were more impoverished than any of their peers in paris's scientific community b. to show that the curies' scientific efforts and instincts were not initially understood or appreciated by many people c. to demonstrate that even great scientists like the curies occasionally make very costly mistakes d. to suggest that the mine owners were dangerous individuals whose actions severely harmed the environment

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”