Which statement BEST explains how Sissy's actions advance the plot of the Passage?
Her unsatisfactory answers spur Gradgrind onto
further questioning.
Her unsatisfactory answers earn her classmates'
sympathy all day.
Her nervous habits demonstrate her increasing
terror of Gradgrind.
Her nervous habits show how challenging school
has become for her.

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.