Read the following passage: i had been reaching for the wrong things all along. i thought my family wanted nice cars and private schools. i thought they expected me to provide these for them. i told myself it was o. k. to make up for "quantity time" by forcing in some "quality time" with an expensive vacation. but they missed me. you know, a hundred bedtime stories are worth more than a week in cancun with a father who's passed out from exhaustion. what is most likely the purpose of the passage? a. to caution against spending time and money foolishly b. to show that you can't make everyone happy all the time c. to illustrate that one can't put a price on health and happiness d. to teach that it's the little things in life that count

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next