Read the paragraph from the introduction (paragraphs 1-5). Across California, the lack of autumn rain is having serious consequences. Ventura County,
where the Woolsey fire in early November destroyed hundreds of homes, also got almost no rain
through the summer and fall. These early storms were supposed to have ended the Northern
California fire season by now. That would have allowed more firefighters to head to Southern
California to battle fires spread by Santa Ana winds.
(A)
Which conclusion is BEST supported by this paragraph?
A lack of autumn rain almost always results in fires.
(B) Storms in the summer and fall help prevent fires.
(C) Winds rarely affect fires in Northern California.
(D) The fire season is usually the same throughout California.

Which statement is the best summary of the theme in this passage? small pleasures bring joy to life. o people cannot cope without relaxing activities. most people prefer to be alone. danger is inevitable, even in a person's home.

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Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret