Answer: The direct object is the thing that the subject acts upon, so in that last sentence, “cereal” is the direct object; it's the thing Jake ate. ... An indirect object is an optional part of a sentence; it's the recipient of an action.
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I think it's "Howe is upset when he receives the letter" because the first one say how the judges thought his work was fine but it says in the inference that they didn't like it and the 2nd one doesn't really make sense to the inference.