Review the event. (from the secret garden)
colin first plants a rose in the garden.
which best describes the symbolism of this event?
a. when mary first tells him about the garden, she tells him about the roses
b. colin thinks of roses whenever he remember his mother
c. colin's mother loves roses; when he plants one, he makes a connection with her
d. the color rose symbolizes pease in the story

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.