What cause and effect relationship do you see in the
underlined passage from
Section 44 ?

44- "Dell," said he, "let's put
our Christmas presents away
and keep 'em a while. They're
too nice to use just at
present. I sold the watch to
get the money to buy your
combs.
A. The flashiness of Jim's gift caused him
to not want to use it.
B. Jim selling his watch to purchase
Della's present caused him to not be able
to use his present.
C. The sentimental value of the gifts
made Jim want to keep them a while.
a

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.