Select all the correct answers. Which two statements best describe the purpose of the passage? The purpose of the passage is to convey to readers that the Presidential Retreat is the only place where a U. S. president can feel relaxed and safe.

The purpose of the passage is to explain to readers how the Catoctin Mountain Park was chosen and developed into the Presidential Retreat.

The purpose of the passage is to let readers know that the Presidential Retreat is a place where U. S. presidents can recover from illness and injuries.

The purpose of the passage is to convey to readers the importance of choosing a private and secure place for a Presidential Retreat.

The purpose of the passage is to make readers understand that all important decisions could be made only at the Presidential Retreat.

Read the excerpt from narrative of the life of frederick douglass. during this time, i succeeded in learning to read and write. in accomplishing this, i was compelled to resort to various stratagems. i had no regular teacher. my mistress, who had kindly commenced to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only ceased to instruct, but had set her face against my being instructed by any one else. it is due, however, to my mistress to say of her, that she did not adopt this course of treatment immediately. she at first lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness. what sentence from the excerpt contains evidence of douglass’s misery at being denied an education? she at first lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness. during this time, i succeeded in learning to read and write. in accomplishing this, i was compelled to resort to various stratagems. it is due, however, to my mistress to say of her, that she did not adopt this course of treatment immediately.