In the section "First Tree Planted by Mrs. Taft," how does the author develop the idea that Washington, D. C., is an extraordinary city? a) By stating that Washington is unique, the author highlights that the story he is about to tell could only have happened in that city. b) By stating that Washington's trees came from Japan, the author highlights the importance of the capital city to the nation and the world. c) By stating that the history of Washington's cherry trees is linked to that of the First Lady, the author highlights that Washington is where the president lives. d) By stating that it is the only city in the nation where cherry blossoms bloom profusely, the author highlights a positive difference between Washington and other cities.

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant

The economic boom of the roaring twenties coincided with, and was partly fueled by a) the end of wwii b) the birth of consumer culture c) the beginning of the coolidge presidency d) the end of prohibition