The fish died, because, using context clues, the word mournfully is usually associated with death or someone/ something leaving, and since a fish couldn't swim away, we would have to believe that the fish has died.
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The answer is B. Asking the white children in his neighborhood to help him learn to read. In chapter VII, the quote, "Douglass's plan to learn to read centered on making friends with the poor white children of Baltimore and learning from them a little at a time," gives evidence of this fact.
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