The Railway Children
By Edith Nesbit

Chapter I, The Beginning of Things

They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their Father and Mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bath-room with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white paint, and 'every modern convenience', as the house-agents say.
There were three of them. Roberta was the eldest. Of course, Mothers never have favourites, but if their Mother HAD had a favourite, it might have been Roberta. Next came Peter, who wished to be an Engineer when he grew up; and the youngest was Phyllis, who meant extremely well.
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them to do their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write stories for them while they were at school, and read them aloud after tea, and she always made up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and for other great occasions, such as the christening of the new kittens, or the refurnishing of the doll's house, or the time when they were getting over the mumps.
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely nursery with heaps of toys, and a Mother Goose wall-paper. They had a kind and merry nursemaid, and a dog who was called James, and who was their very own. They also had a Father who was just perfect—never cross, never unjust, and always ready for a game—at least, if at any time he was NOT ready, he always had an excellent reason for it, and explained the reason to the children so interestingly and funnily that they felt sure he couldn't help himself.
You will think that they ought to have been very happy. And so they were, but they did not know HOW happy till the pretty life in the Red Villa was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed.
The dreadful change came quite suddenly.


•Prompt Choice 2 (Informational Response) Review the excerpt above. Answer the following question in a well-developed paragraph.•
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~What details in this text help the reader understand that the setting of this story is in the past and is not in the present or in the future? ~
NOTE: This question is referring to the events taking place in a different time period (in the past) as opposed to being written in past tense.

Answer: The house is said to have 'every MODERN convenience', yet it doesn't mention modern technology. They have 'good fires' which are less popular nowadays due to central heating advancements.

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Which department preserves historical sites? economic development natural resources public safety education

What figure of speech does the following line from Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” contain? Her hardest hue to hold. A. simile B. metaphor C. allusion D. alliteration E. rhyme

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Which phrase best describes the setting of this excerpt from Stephen Crane’s “An Episode of War”? The low white tents of the hospital were grouped around an old school-house. There was here a singular commotion. In the foreground two ambulances interlocked wheels in the deep mud. The drivers were tossing the blame of it back and forth, gesticulating and berating, while from the ambulances, both crammed with wounded, there came an occasional groan. An interminable crowd of bandaged men were coming and going. Great numbers sat under the trees nursing heads or arms or legs. There was a dispute of some kind raging on the steps of the school-house. Sitting with his back against a tree a man with a face as grey as a new army blanket was serenely smoking a corn-cob pipe. The lieutenant wished to rush forward and inform him that he was dying. A. injured people flocking around a school B. a makeshift hospital without proper facilities C. a schoolhouse with a lot of children making a commotion D. wounded soldiers lying unattended on the battlefront E. people running to save the wounded soldiers trapped inside an ambulance

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How does Brian’s experience at the raspberry patch show the battle between his animal side and his human side?

What in the correct meaning of the word dilemma? The dilemma tocing economic policy makers was whether to risk increasing the national debt or let the economy fall into a recession. A choice between two undesirable alternatives . A debate or argument between opposite sides.
A controversial issue of public policy. A destructive or devastating challenge

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Can someone please briefly summarize how Anne matures over the course of her diary in Anne Frank? All help greatly appreciated.

Which of the following is not an example of the racism that Jackie faced as an African American?

Major League Baseball had an official ban on African American players.
Many African American baseball players played in the Negro League.
Black families could not eat at many restaurants and could only use the public pool on certain days.
Some Major League teams cancelled games rather than play against Jackie's team.
The United States Army was segregated.
Jackie was taunted and threatened by fans and other players.

What is the image of God? (answer clearly please)

Click on the intensive pronoun in the sentence below.

Kimbe himself is the only one who knows the truth.

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I need an analogy for my paragraph
I'm writing about how school lunches should be free

Which image best represents an animal exhibiting kinetic energy?

The-tale heart. Write a paragraph explaining what is different and the same in the media and text.

Which sentences provide the best summary of "Robot Rumble"?
-Two friends enter a pair of robots they built into a competition that
requires the machines to find their way through a difficult maze. Trouble
arises when the two robots start fighting one another because they
cannot agree on which direction to move at a decision point.
-Two robots must make difficult choices as they try to navigate a
complex maze on their own. The two friends who built the robots are
proud of their work, delighted with the crowd's reaction, and thrilled
when they win the competition
Two friends build a pair of robots that start wrestling each other right
away rather than entering a maze. Both robots are destroyed, and the
friends are disappointed when the audience starts laughing at the
robots' performance
Much to the disappointment of two friends, two robots they made are
unable to agree on the path to take as they attempt to navigate a
complex maze. The audience quickly becomes bored with the robots'
performance, and they are removed from the competition

In Monster, which feelings most likely lead to Mr. Sawicki’s challenging Petrocelli's view of Steve's character? fear and sympathy pity and satisfaction confidence and irritation tension and pride

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Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. - Moliere

What do u think this quote means write 3-4 complete sentences.

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I could have given up, but I thought about my grandmother. She always told me that "people who believe that science is the answer to everything are missing out on everything else." With her words in mind, I searched some more. There were many facts that hinted that dragons may not be fictional. I noticed that cultures across the world all described dragons in similar ways. This was odd because they had no way to communicate with each other. I found dragons mentioned in more than just stories. They appeared in old legal papers, in the travel logs of Marco Polo, and in the Bible. I saw that the Chinese calendar uses a different animal each year. Dragons are included along with eleven real animals. I began to believe it was a real possibility that all of these people were talking about a creature that actually existed.

List three details from the text that support the main idea.

Read the paragraph from the section "Portable Habitat." [paragraph down below]

Divers' bodies need to adjust to the changing water pressures from the deep ocean to the sunny surface. Usually,
this means divers "hang out" at different stops on a "shot line" descending from the surface.

Why did the author include this paragraph in the article?
a
to illustrate the reason Lombardi invented a portable habitat
b
to introduce the idea that diving can be a dangerous job
c
to emphasize the effects of water pressure on divers
d
to elaborate on activities divers enjoy doing while underwater

Click on the intensive pronoun in the sentence below.

Keiran and I can finish this ourselves, Yves.

Based on this passage, what is the best
characterization of Kahlo?
O She liked to be fashionable.
O She was independent.
O She often followed others.
O She obeyed tradition.

Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman. But the journey was not yet over. Before they could be admitted to the United States, immigrants had to pass through Ellis Island, which became the nation's chief immigrant processing center in 1892. There they would be questioned and examined. Those who could not pass all the exams would be detained; some would be sent back to Europe. And so their arrival in America was filled with great anxiety. Among the immigrants, Ellis Island was known as "Heartbreak Island." Which answer choice best paraphrases this excerpt?

Which of the following words have open syllables? Choose the two correct answers.

A. recent
B. butter
C. panic
D. jester
E. robot

If you could ask Farah Alibay any question, what would it be and why?

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Which excerpt from "Math Curse" best helps the reader predict the narrator's main conflict?
A. "I look in my closet, and the problems get worse: I have 1 white shirt, 3 blue shirts, 3 striped shirts, and that ugly plaid shirt my Uncle Zeno sent me."
B. "ON MONDAY in Math class, Mrs. Fibonacci says, "YOU KNOW, you can think of almost everything as a math problem."
C. "Each pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. Each pie is cut into 6 equal slices. And you know what that means: fractions."
D. "THE WHOLE morning is one problem after another. There are 24 kids in my class."