<span>The correct answer is "better than he did last year'. This is an adverbial clause that modifies the verb plays. It shows the manner in which he plays and the manner is "better than he did last year'. The trombone is an object and Gary is the subject, leaving this to be the adverbial clause of manner.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
The Participial phrase is destroyed by fire, and the word modified is house. This is an example of participial phrase servings as an adjective modifying the word house. This could also be reworded into. Destroyed by fire, the neighbors found their house.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Using what you have learned from the interview and Dreaming in Cuban, explain the effect of the novel’s multi-narrative structure.