Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference.

the board was meeting that night. baldy offered to pick neto up and take him. neto hesitated. he knew he had the courage to blast through tacklers and the toughness to work all day in the beet fields, but this seemed harder. when jesse paz said he'd go, neto finally agreed.

baldy picked up neto first, but when they got to jesse's, jesse was nowhere to be found. now neto had to choose: did he testify alone or forget it? "all right," neto finally said, letting out a long breath. "we've gone this far. let's finish it."

the conflict in this excerpt affects jesse because he decides to

avoid speaking publicly about the situation.
confront the racist crowd about their remarks.
only go to the meeting if neto went with him.
address the school during the morning announcements.

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

L2.4.3 test (cst): the story question 13 of 20 2 points choose the sentence that uses parallel structure correctly. o a. not only is she cutting her hair, but also coloring it. o b. he either decided to run the race or volunteer. o c. i am not only baking cookies but also brownies. od. neither my mother nor my father can watch my game.