The little mole and his friend, the spotted toad gasped in the safe shade of the picket fence so grateful that <u>they</u> had escaped the vicious teeth of the loud, smoking lawnmower.
Explanation:
<em>The little mole and his friend, the spotted toad gasped in the safe shade of the picket fence so grateful that </em><em><u>they</u></em><em> had escaped the vicious teeth of the loud, smoking lawnmower.</em>
The pronoun for the blank space will be "they" for it is talking about the little mole and the friend the toad. Since they are more than one, the pronoun will be plural, thus the only correct answer is "they". The other options are invalid for they either are singular (he, she) and option C is wrong for it cannot be "there'. Thus, the right answer is option D) they.
Answer: Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They are part of a gang along with their friends and it's called the Greasers. The Greasers and another gang called the Socs get in a rumble. Ponyboy gets jumped.
