Lee WashingtonCharacters:ROSALOUISEDDIEEDDIE’S OLDER BROTHERScene 11 (EDDIE’S front porch, a Sunday morning. EDDIE and ROSA sit on the swing. LOUIS sits on steps.)2 ROSA: Eddie, I don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. When did you get it?3 LOUIS: It doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4 EDDIE: Well, I’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (LOUIS playfully aims a soccer ball at EDDIE. ROSA deflects it.)5 ROSA: What I was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (LOUIS wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. He leafs through it while EDDIE and ROSA talk.)6 EDDIE: Thanks! It was my older brother’s. He always lets me have clothes that don’t fit him anymore.7 ROSA: It’s a shame that I’m the youngest in my family, since I’d be happy to pass my old clothes to kids who wanted them.8 LOUIS: (holding up a newspaper article) Look at this! A pipe burst, and the thrift store on Market Street was severely flooded.9 EDDIE: Check out those torrents of water in the picture.10 LOUIS: (reading from paper) A deluge of water drenched the clothing on lower displays. Employees attempted to salvage some items, but the majority of the merchandise was destroyed.11 EDDIE: People contributed most of those clothes after spring-cleaning. The store lost all of its recent donations!12 ROSA: That thrift store had a great selection of inexpensive clothes. Postponing a reopening is bad for the families that rely on that store.13 LOUIS: Can’t they just dry off the clothes?14 ROSA: After so much exposure to moisture, they have probably begun to reek.15 EDDIE: I don’t even like gross, smelly clothes for sports! They should smell clean and fresh just like fabric softener. (EDDIE smiles dreamily, imagining fluffy clothes right out of the dryer.)16 ROSA: I’m sure Eddie’s not the only one who appreciates clean fabric. We should try to help restock the store.17 EDDIE: I’ll design pamphlets to encourage people to donate! We can distribute them in school tomorrow.Scene 218 (A week later. ROSA, EDDIE, and LOUIS struggle to unload full bags from EDDIE’s BROTHER’s truck in front of the thrift store. A bag from EDDIE’s house falls out the door and spills open.)19 LOUIS: Eddie, I hope you didn’t test out any of these clothes on the soccer field.20 EDDIE: All of my donated clothes are perfectly clean. Actually, I’d say Rosa is our star athlete today.21 ROSA: (balancing two enormous bags of clothing over her shoulders) We have an amazing assortment of clothing in some of these bags!22 EDDIE’S BROTHER: My girlfriend and I helped collect a lot of those clothes. She saw a few of Eddie’s pamphlets around our house and made copies of them. I helped her pass them out at the baseball game last weekend. We let people drop off extra clothes at the high school.23 LOUIS: So we managed to bombard two schools with fliers! Designing them was a brilliant idea, Eddie.24 ROSA: Tomorrow we can come back and sort all these clothes. I don’t think the employees were expecting business to start up again so soon!25 EDDIE: (marches valiantly to the store with a bag of clothes over his shoulder) Our clothes crusade rescues a thrift store in distress!QuestionWhich word best describes the MOOD of this passage?ResponsesA boredboredB cheerfulcheerfulC courageouscourageousD tensetense

Fill in the blank with the word that best fits.On Friday mornings, before school started, Eddie and his friends would _________ at his locker to discuss the previous night’s episode of their favorite show.congregatepermeatedissipateemblazon

The reader can tell from the Article that __________.A.Ryan Mendoza probably first learned about Rosa Parks when he set up his studio in Berlin, Germany.B.Rhea McCauley did not agree with all parts of the plan to clean up the city of Detroit.C.Rosa Parks must have come to regret the work she did for civil rights in the U.S.D.Rosa Parks would probably have been upset about the decision to sell her home to Rhea McCauley.SUBMITExtras

Doris Radcliff, the head of HR for King Conductors, was amused by the conversation drifting over the planter that separated the two booths in the employee cafeteria. She recognized the voices on the other side as those of Pete Morris, Carter Henry, and Rachael Parker. The three were involved in a heated discussion about the opening of the NFL season one week away and the continued holdout of the local team’s star quarterback.“Hey, if he can hold out for a $50 million dollar contract, I say more power to him. He’s worth it,” Pete announced “I say …”“The guy already has millions,” Rachael cut in. “He got it last year as a rookie, for heaven’s sake. He’s a selfish jerk. His selfishness is making everyone, the fans, the owner, probably the other players, angry.”“Yeah, and what about those other players who have been there, winning games for us for years?” Carter asked. “They get us in the playoffs year after year, and then here comes this guy who’s been there one year, one year, Pete, and he’s going to get millions or he won’t play. Well, that really breaks my heart.”“Just be glad that Claire Forsythe knows nothing about American football or that you can make demands like that, or she’ll hit up this company,” Rachael remarked, breaking the tension at the table by making everyone laugh.On the other side of the planter, Doris was not laughing.Claire had worked for years in the international arena as the top salesperson for rival Merrill International in the United Kingdom. A native Londoner, she followed a life-long desire to emigrate to the United States. Doris was part of the team that had lured Claire from U.S. rival Martin Conductor to take a sales position with King Conductors (whose owners, Wylie King and James Conway, long ago hoisted the humorous nickname, King-Con). Capturing Claire was considered a real coup in the world of conductors. Long considered the big three in the industry, the companies produced in-demand conductors for electronics. King-Con’s own formulation was designed for use to counter continuous flexing in data processing, rotating servo platforms, and other applications.To capture such a high-profile salesperson, Doris was the first to admit the company had given in more than usual on wage and other job perks. Claire had skipped the regular salary in order to receive straight commissions on sales—an arrangement that had been made by her previous employer. The arrangement was unusual but, the team thought, a necessary step in luring Claire away from Martin. In addition, as a native of England with the habit of driving on the left-hand side of the road, Claire’s unfamiliarity with American driving conditions, particularly in congested metropolitan areas, resulted in the unusual arrangement of allowing her office assistant to also serve as a driver on various occasions, particularly when she was out of town. While working in the company headquarters, however, she took the train to work and made use of trains or cabs. Still, there was a rumble of discontent among employees about Queen Claire and royal treatment.“Her sales are a huge percentage and she’s made a tremendous difference in the year since her arrival. She really is worth the trouble,” Doris told company vice president Charles Owenby. “But she has come to me to suggest raising her commission—substantially—and I just don’t know. But I think you and I and Wylie and Jim need to discuss this.”“I agree,” Charles said. “I think they will bend within reason.…”“But the problem here, I believe, will be the reaction of other employees,” Doris said. “I hear a lot about Queen Claire and royal treatment, and comparisons to how those who have put in the years here are not getting the same respect as the rookie, to borrow a football analogy. So the question is, do we give in or stand firm?”“Knowing she can always move over to Martin,” Charles added. “There’s a risk either way, so we have to explore our options before we bring all of the parties together to hash this thing out.” After reading the case, discuss questions #1-3 in essay format.  Do not simply list and answer the questions. Essays should include an introductory paragraph, main body, and conclusion paragraph.Prepare your responses in a Word document that is a minimum of 500 words in length (APA format). Word count does not include title page or References. At least two outside references are required.  Please be sure to cite and reference in APA. Be sure to proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html QuestionsWhat theories of motivation help explain Claire’s demands and the reactions of other employees to those demands?What options can you think of for handling Claire’s demand for even higher commissions? Which option would you choose? Why?How might Doris Radcliff deal with employee morale in light of the extremely high pay demanded by a star salesperson?

Eric didn't win the prize for best photo in the state fair competition, but he found _________ in the fact that his little sister did.frugalitytrepidationconsolationemission

The next day, Gia told her brother Freddie what she’d seen. He didn’t seem shocked at all, but just laughed. Leaning forward, he lowered his voice as though he was about to convey an important secret to her. “Haven’t you heard the local legend around here?” Freddie asked. Gia shook her head.Communicate a secret to Gia.Tell Gia a joke.Try to scare Gia and make her jump.Stand up and leave the room.Continue