What is the tone of the following passage? in the united states, one of four children is born into poverty. the united states is the world's wealthiest nation, but much of that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. the combined wealth of the top 1 percent of american families is nearly equal to that of the entire bottom 95 percent. such obscene inequality is totally inappropriate for a democratic country. work cited: sklar, holly. chaos or community? : seeking solutions, not scapegoats for bad economics. boston: south end, 1995. print. what is the tone of this passage? a. optimistic b. sad c. indignant d. detached

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

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Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?