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Answer: He often becomes annoyed with his mother's grumbles.
Explanation: Many times throughout the excerpt the tone is that of someone not agreeing with what is being said. " I was supposed to have it all, and in her mind that meant a nice quiet suburban town in California" This is meant as a "disagreement" but not necessarily that of importance enough for confrontation.
Answer: the awnser would be C Pompeii was this old awsome city near Naples in Italy, built at the foot of a weird mountain.
Explanation: BECAUSE, you have to think about what the fourth graders would be interested in, sure maybe some would be interested in the others. But what would get them into it the most. "weird mountain" would definitely. They would probably wonder why and want to hear more so they could find out why the mountain is weird. That's what I think
