During O. Henry's time, his stories were praised for their surprise endings and plot twists, but later generations of readers criticized these same techniques. What is your opinion of the surprise ending in this story? Explain your answer.

Circle the word or words modified by the adverb in italics. On the blank, write $v$ if the adverb modifies a verb. Write $adj$. if the adverb modifies an adjective. Write $adv$. if the adverb modifies another adverb.\ ______Ben easily made the cross-country team.

Above each underlined noun or pronoun, identify its case by writing NOM for nominative case, OBJ for objective case, or POS for possessive case.

Next year, Carla and $\underline{\text{she}}$ will be on the $\underline{\text{school's}}$ soccer team.

In his soliloquy in lines $77-85$, Brutus reveals his opinion that the conspirators - A. lack the courage to murder Caesar B. should reveal their true feelings about the conspiracy C. are consumed with evil thoughts D. must disguise their plot

Which three roles are especially important to groups?

a. initiator, orienter, energizer,
b. coordinator, procedural technician,
c. gatekeeper energizer, harmonize,
d. gatekeeper compromiser, commentator, evaluator,
e. opinion seeker/giver, standard setter, initiator

Draw a pair of complementary adjacent angles. Label the measures of the angles.

Completely factor this trinomial. Prior to factoring, first write the trinomial in decreasing powers.

$$15 n^4-39 n^3+18 n^2$$

Determine which situation does not belong. Explain. choosing 5 players on a quiz team, choosing 4 horses from 6 to run race, choosing 10 colored marbles from a bag, ranking students in a senior class

Finally, meet with a few other readers and compare your responses. As you talk, be alert for differences of opinion. As the discussion draws to a close, note the questions you've raised and the points you'd like to discuss further with the entire class.

In the previous examples, the quotient is less than the dividend; that is, $\frac{1}{6}<\frac{1}{2}$, while the other quotient is greater than the dividend; that is, $8 \frac{1}{3}>5$. Why, in your opinion, does this happen?

Simplify this expression using the quotientsto-powers rule. If possible, evaluate exponential expressions.

$$\left(\frac{x^2}{3}\right)^3$$

Underline each adjective or adverb clause. Draw an arrow from the clause to the word it modifies. In the blank, write $adj.$ (adjective) or $adv.$ (adverb) to tell what kind of clause it is.
______Do not give your opinion unless you are asked.

In this problem proceed as in Example 6 and use (16) to rewrite the given function in terms of the first powers of cosine functions.

$$\cos ^4 x$$

Simplify. Assume that no radicands were formed by raising negative quantities to even powers. $\\$$($$\sqrt{3}+$$\sqrt{2})^2$