How does the speaker's point of view about the jacket change throughout the passage? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Which TWO of the following show how the jacket affects the narrator's life?A.He feels like an outsider at school.B.He learns how to ignore bullies at school.C.He stops talking to his mother, brother, and sister.D.He becomes interested in what other people wear.E.He spends more time focusing on his grades than on girls.F.He struggles to focus on quizzes and completing homework.

Which detail best highlights the jacket's ugliness?A."I remember the green coat that I wore in fifth and sixth grades when you either danced like a champ or pressed yourself against a greasy wall" (Paragraph 1)B."I put the big jacket on. I zipped it up and down several times, and rolled the cuffs up so they didn't cover my hands." (Paragraph 4)C."I wore that thing for three years until the sleeves grew short and my forearms stuck out like the necks of

Select the correct text in the passage.A writer is using the following text to write a paper about men’s fashion:adapted excerpt from House Decorationby Oscar WildeAnd how shall men dress? Men say that they do not particularly care how they dress, and this it is little matter. I am bound to reply that I agree: I can observe that you do not give much thought to your fashion. In all my journeys through the country, the only well-dressed men that I saw — and in saying this, I truthfully do mean to criticize the trendy men of Fifth Avenue — were the Western miners. Their wide-brimmed hats, which shaded their faces from the sun and protected them from the rain, and their cloaks, which are the most beautiful pieces of drapery ever invented, are worthy of being admired. Their high boots, too, were sensible and practical. They wore only what was comfortable, and therefore beautiful.Which sentence in the writer’s paper should the writer revise to include an in-text citation?Men’s fashion isn’t discussed as often as women’s fashion is, but perhaps it should be. Most men wear simple outfits consisting of basic pants and shirts. However, there are actually many options available to men, despite the fact that they might not be familiar with certain historical and contemporary fashions. In fact, the nineteenth-century Western miners’ exquisite cloaks, large hats, and practical boots are excellent examples of high-quality men’s fashion.

Which character trait is revealed through this passage?Passage from The Grapes of WrathHe wore an old black suit coat, stained and spotted, the sleeves torn loose from the shoulders in back, and ragged holes worn through at the elbows. His black hat was as stained as his coat and the band, torn half free, flopped up and down as he walked.The man was tired.The man could not sew.The man was poor.The man could not do laundry.

Which piece of evidence best illustrates the author's critical tone?A. "It seems the old guard had been worn down — or simply died off." (Paragraph 14)B. "While some husbands may have skipped the stern lectures, it took three more decades for shorts to fully reach widespread acceptance." (Paragraph 16)C. "Time and again, the powers-that-be in tennis push back on immodesty, and the players push forward towards personal choice and — dare we say — personal style." (Paragraph 17)D. "In the big picture, he won't do anything to stop the crawl of social change." (Paragraph 19)