Read this passage from the secret garden. then mary knew dickon had met the picture to be a message. he had meant that she might be sure he would keep her secret. her garden was her nest and she was like a missile thrust oh, how she did like that queer common boy! which theme is best developed by this passage? a. happiness depends on others b. the secret garden is a place for healing and growing. c. secrets are dangerous d. the secret garden is a magical place.

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

Which of the following is an example of a literary text? a. memoirs c. novels b. plays d. all of the above