I believe the correct answer is practices.
The entire paragraph is describing a practice which is quite common for this culture group. The practice is that of a competition where the emperor is present. There are no particular attitudes, values, or goals presented in the excerpt.
Answer:
D: the dog is most likely lost
Explanation:
Although Sean does Play on a hockey team, that doesn’t really matter, yes the dog is not very clean, but that doesn’t really matter, all the context clues added together, make the assumption the dog is lost.
The sentence that uses the word them as an indirect object would be Leo sent them a postcard from NASA.
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Darry is a good guardian to Ponyboy because he sets some boundaries for them and truly loves his brothers. Also, he put his collage work time and education aside to work 2 jobs so he could provide for his brothers so they can remain together as a family.
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