Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market." He was beginning to lose hope, when on the eighth day, while Mr. Zanetti was in a loud argument with another merchant, a customer mistook Alfred for an assistant. "Didn't you hear me, boy!? One of those haddock!" the customer shouted.

Alfred scrambled up from the curb. After watching Mr. Zanetti for so many days in a row, Alfred knew exactly what to do. He weighed the fish, wrote the weight and price per ounce on a paper bag, and handed it to the customer.

What theme does this excerpt best illustrate?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but it is in india, where it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies, that we have the first written record of sugar. long before the first pyramids were built in egypt, the ancient sumerians traded with the people of harappa and mohenjo daro, who lived along the indus river. unfortunately, we are still not able to read the writings left behind from those ancient cities. so the first documents telling us about life in that region come from a much later period. these hindu sacred teachings were probably first gathered together sometime between 1500 and 900 b. c., and were carefully memorized. only hundreds of years later were they finally written down. the hindu writings tell us of a religion in which fire was extremely important. people believed that the gods gave fire to human beings. yet fire was also a way for humans to reach the gods. by placing offerings in a special fire, a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods. five ingredients were selected for this special burning: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane. which details would best fit in a summary of this passage? select two options. "in india . . it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies" "the first written record of sugar" "long before the first pyramids were built in egypt" "gods gave fire to human beings" "a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods"