From london labour and the london poor, volume 1, published 1851
by henry mayhew

there are two kinds of fruit sold in the streets—"green fruit" and "dry fruit."
in commerce, all fruit which is edible as it is taken from the tree or the ground, is known as "green." a subdivision of this green fruit is into "fresh" or "tender" fruit, which includes currants, gooseberries, strawberries, and, indeed, all fruits that demand immediate consumption, in contradistinction to such productions as nuts which may be kept without injury for a season. all fruit which is "cured" is known as "dry" fruit. in summer the costers vend "green fruit," and in the winter months, or in the early spring, when the dearness or insufficiency of the supply of green fruit renders it unsuited for their traffic, they resort, but not extensively, to "dry fruit." it is principally, however, when an abundant season, or the
impossibility of keeping the dry fruit much longer, has tended to reduce the price of it, that the costlier articles are to be found on the costermonger's barrow.
fruit is, for the most part, displayed on barrows, by the street-dealers in it. some who supply the better sort of houses—more especially those in the suburbs—carry such things as apples and plums, in lean round wicker-baskets, holding pecks or half-pecks.… the regular costermongers seldom deal in oranges and chestnuts. if they sell walnuts, they reserve these, they say, for their sunday afternoon's pastime.

1. the author's main purpose in this passage is to:
a. encourage readers to treat street vendors more kindly.
b. describe the kinds of baskets used to hold fruit
c. invite readers to enjoy more fruit themselves.
d. classify the types of fruit sold on the street.

2. the author writes that fresh and tender fruit are "in contradistinction to such productions as nuts which may be kept without injury for a season." this means that nuts.
a. are unlike fresh fruit because they can be stored for a long time.
b. often harm the people who eat them.
c. are in season only once a long time.
d. rot during only a specific season of the year.

3. which word means nearly the same as commerce in line 2?
a. storm
b. business
c. unity
d. variety

4. who does the author say sells fruits such as apples and plums?
a. local basket weavers.
b. sellers who work in nicer neighborhoods
c. sellers who dry their own fruit
d. regular street sellers.

In “a worth path” by eudora welty, how does phoenix distract the hunter ? a. she gets him to start dancing with her. b. she asks to see his gun. c. she gets him to focus on the dogs. d. she throws the nickel into the forest.

The travels of marco polo. what is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

Ajourney with my father adapted from my reminiscences by sir rabindranath tagore probably in order to teach me to be careful, my father placed a little small change in my charge and required me to keep an account of it. he also entrusted me with the duty of winding his valuable gold watch for him. he overlooked the risk of damage in his desire to train me to a sense of responsibility. when we went out together for our morning walk, he would ask me to give alms to any beggars we came across. but i never could render him a proper account at the end of it. one day, my balance was larger than the account warranted. "i really must make you my cashier," observed my father. "money seems to have a way of growing in your hands! " that watch of his i wound up with such indefatigable1 zeal that it had very soon to be sent to the watchmaker's in calcutta. i am reminded of the time when, later in life, i was appointed to manage the estate and had to lay before my father, owing to his failing eyesight, a statement of accounts on the second or third of every month. i had first to read out the totals under each head, and if he had any doubts on any point, he would ask for the details. if i made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which i feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. so, these first few days of the month were very anxious ones for me. as i have said, my father had the habit of keeping everything clearly before his mind—whether figures of accounts, or ceremonial arrangements, or additions or alterations to property. he had never seen the new assembly hall built at bolpur, and yet, he was familiar with every detail of it from questioning those who came to see him after a visit to bolpur. he had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact, it never escaped him. my father asked me to copy the favourite verses, with their translation, from the book he liked reading every day. at home, i had been a boy of no account. here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, i felt the glory of the situation. 1. tireless 7 how does the narrator support the idea that his father keeps everything clearly before his mind? a. by giving the example of his father's response when his account did not tally with the money that he had in hand b. by mentioning that his father was interested in everything that happened around him c. by giving the example of his father knowing every detail of the new assembly hall at bolpur d. by mentioning that his father had marked his favorite verses from his favorite book