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D connecting compete thought
B i have read the mocking bird but it's been a minute
The answer to this question is <span>C. Just because she and Gretchen are rivals does not mean they can't be friends. because in the end they smiled and looked at each other as people and get along with, i am in k12 7th grade and i took the test and this is correct hope this helps and the best answer you had</span>
The answer is (C), becuse the reader does not now was is threatening the characters lives. In the other answers it told "it" was thereatening their lifes. This is why (c) has the sentence fragment.