2. PART B: Which TWO sections best support the answers to Part A? - 2nd
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cations.
O A “As rising water and widespread devastation hobbled rescue and
recovery efforts, the authorities could only guess at the death toll
in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast." ( Paragraph 4)
OB "It was not the water from the sky but the water that broke through
the city's protective barriers that changed everything for the
worse." ( Paragraph 9)
OC "Mayor Nagin said that one of the levee breaches was two to three
blocks long, and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency
had been dropping 3,000-pound sandbags into the opening from
helicopters" ( Paragraph 11 )
OD "Preliminary damage estimates from insurance experts on Monday
orts, the
Gulf
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Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

"where are you taking me? " the car hesitated, or rather gave a faint whirring click, as if information, somewhere, was dropping card by punch- slotted card under electric eyes. "to the psychiatric center for research on regressive tendencies." he got in. the door shut with a soft thud. the police car rolled through the night avenues, flashing its dim lights ahead. which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt? o a. by showing leonard obeying the police car, the author reinforces the theme of surrendering one s individuality. o b. by relating the way the car responds, the author underscores the theme of the dangers of a mechanized of society o c. by having leonard, a seemingly normal person, taken to a psychiatric center, the author injects irony, leaving the reader surprised o d. by showing leonard communicating with another person, the author satisfies his need for human contact, leaving the reader hopeful

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.