1. (D) The loneliness of human beings
2. (A) The heron feeding on the snake in the pond
3. (D) The rabbits are part of George and Lennie's dream of one day having a farm of their own
4 (A) Flashback
5 (A) Time order/sequence signal words
6 (C) As a point of tension in the plot's rising action
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Answer: C. "He was younger than me, but he'd got craft, and he'd got learning, and he overmatched me five hundred times told and no mercy."
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