The answer is:
The animals <em><u>scrambled </u></em>to get into the barn as the lightning <em><u>struck</u></em>.
In the chosen sentence, both verbs in the different clauses are consistent ad accurate because they are written in the Past Simple tense.
The rest of the options are incorrect because the tense of the verbs is not related to each other: they wrongly combine past and present, and present and future tenses.
The right version of them are the following:
<em>Alexander </em><em>finished </em><em>his math test and </em><em>walked </em><em>to Mr. Smith's desk.
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Sampson and Raina </em><em>watch </em><em>the fireworks and </em><em>comment </em><em>on how beautiful they are.
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The police officer </em><em>rounded </em><em>the corner and pumped his arms harder.</em>
Answer:
C. The author uses an objective, journalistic point of view to give an accurate historical account.
I don't think you are supposed to, but im not 100% sure
The correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be the second option: The governor's assistant. From this passage<span> from “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne</span>, the reader can infer that young Goodman Brown's companion is the governor's assistant. Hope this answer helps.
