Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence from the text propels the action in the passage?(5) Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honour of being owned by Jim.(6) There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.(7) Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.(8) Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

The Gift of the Magi (excerpt)O. Henry1One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.2There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.3While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.4In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young."5The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.6Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.QuestionWhich BEST describes the effect of sections one and two?ResponsesA The lack of dialogue reveals the loneliness, but also the selfishness of Della.The lack of dialogue reveals the loneliness, but also the selfishness of Della.B Fragments and short sentences create a sense of urgency or intensity in the reader.Fragments and short sentences create a sense of urgency or intensity in the reader.C Short sentences and formal diction reveal a comical aspect to the information shared.Short sentences and formal diction reveal a comical aspect to the information shared.D Formal diction and fragments cause the reader to see the impatient disposition of Della.Formal diction and fragments cause the reader to see the impatient disposition of Della.

Nicole tried to work out the answer to the following question:"A packet of sweets went down from £6 to £5, what is the percentage change?"She worked it out as follows:In which line of working did Nicole make a mistake?Line 2Line 1Line 3Line 4

Select the correct answer.Which line from the text best represents Della's perspective of her situation at the beginning of the passage? A. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. B. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. C. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. D. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.

Tara is buying some supplies for the new school year.She buys an exercise book for $$$6.22, a pack of pens for $$$8.17 and a pencil case for $$$7.23.How much does she spend in total?

Select the correct text in the passage.Which excerpt best develops the author's idea that there is a noticeable difference between the rich and the poor?(5) Thus we met from time to time during my rambles in the poor quarters. Had I a moment to spare I stopped for a while to listen to a tune or two, as I saw that it gratified the old man, and since I always carried a lump of sugar in my pocket for any dog acquaintance I might possibly meet, I soon made friends with the monkey also.…(6) Since the old man had once recognized his musical friend on a balcony of the Hotel de L'Avenir, he often came and played under my windows. Later on he became engaged, as already said, to come regularly and play twice a week,—it may, perhaps, appear superfluous for one who was studying medicine, but the old man's terms were so small, and you know I have always been so fond of music. Besides it was the only recreation at hand—I was working to take my degree in the spring.(7) So passed the autumn, and the hard times came. The rich tried on the new winter fashions, and the poor shivered with the cold. It became more and more difficult for well-gloved hands to leave the warm muff or the fur-lined coat to take out a copper for the beggar, and more and more desperate became the struggle for bread amongst the problematical of the street.