1. Which statement best describes the narrator and his partner? A. They are ordinary guys who stumble upon an unusual way to make money.
B. They are criminal masterminds who devise a foolproof plan.
C. They are honest businessmen who got tangled up in a mess.
D. They are bumbling crooks who bit off more than they can chew. Which hest describes how the author introduces the hoy?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme