Read the excerpt from "Seventh Grade.” Victor hurried to the bag lunch area, where he sat down and opened his math book. . . . He lowered his eyes, pretending to study, then looked slowly to the left.

Victor pretends to study because he

A. thinks it will hide him from the stares of other students.
B. believes that it will help him earn a higher grade in math.
C. wants to snoop on Teresa without being obvious.
D. is embarrassed about wanting to be a good student.
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Why did mr. rickey want to get black players into the major leagues?

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.

Is the group of words a simple sentence, a compound sentence, or a run-on sentence? jan went on a quiz show, won two hundred dollars, and bought gifts for her family. a. run-on sentence b. compound sentence c. simple sentence