Answer:
The answer is death.
Explanation:
Because the winner is the one to be stoned to death by the others citizens. The stones gathered by the boys in the beginning of the story were meant for the stoning.
Answer:
expanded over the years, as we will see later in this chapter, the courts have ... the basis of merit rather than race, gender, or other personal characteristics.
Explanation:
The answer is A, a word within a word.
The correct answer is B ASSERTED. We can eliminate commented and murmured because they imply the woman is somewhat timid about what she saying, and the previous word forcefully tells us this is not the case. We can eliminate snarled because it implies anger. The only choice left is ASSERTED because it means to claim, declare, contend etc
