The word <em>mistreated </em>comes from the "treat" family.
First there is the verb to treat, then the noun treat, then the adjective treated, then the noun treatment, then you have the verb to mistreat, and then in the end you have the noun mistreatment and the adjective mistreated.
C. "My Abdul-Karim is a fine, loyal man. Don't you tease him."
I think the answer would be C. Because all of the other answers have if which is a key of foreshadowing. Hope this helps fellow tenth grade Connexus student.
All of these could be considered an "author's purpose". An author is technically anyone who writes anything, therefore the purpose of writing is theoretically limitless. If you have to choose one of these, however, it would be "to remind".
