“‘They’re basically giving up, which is not a good sign for SeaWorld,’ said Scott Smith, a University of South Carolina hospitality professor whose specialties include theme parks.” How does this sentence work to develop the author’s message?

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested