Any incorrect answers get reported : ) read the passage from sugar changed the world. indians were supposed to work seven hours each day, and to be paid a set fee for each day's work. but the planters instead preferred to pay by the "task''—they insisted that they wouldn't pay a worker until he had completed a specific job. of course the owner would pick a job that took much more than seven hours, so a worker's day stretched from sunup to sundown. bechu showed that this was illegal and unfair: "there are lots of indentured men who work by time and have drivers at their backs all day long." yet, even then, they "do not earn'' the amount specified in their contracts. several planters wrote back to the paper, furious at the suggestion that they were cheating the coolies. the letters were black with rage—at the indian who dared to speak up and question the ethics of englishmen. when a commission was convened in 1897 to investigate the conditions on the estates, bechu—the indian the planters hated—came before the judges to share his evidence. what is the authors’ purpose in this passage? a) to inform the reader about the daily routines and tasks of workers on the sugar plantations b) to inform the reader about bechu’s role in proving that the plantation owners’ tactics were illegal c) to inform the reader that certain jobs on the plantation took too long to be finished in one day d) to inform the reader that bechu was powerless over his bosses, despite sharing his evidence

21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.