8. Basketball is generally better than tennis. I chose this because the author picked basketball and its best qualities.
9. The boy and the old man are very poor, but they are happy it is referenced in the passage and Patrasche is the dogs name.
10. The old man and boy were never able to make enough food. They were poor and didn't have a big garden to grow an abundance of food.
That's my take on the questions, hope it helps you.
"A large wave caught him and flung him with ease and supreme speed completely over the bpoat and far beyond it."
Because he bites them or cuts them
The day after the shipwreck sinks
I’m sorry, but the fifth paragraph of what? please write down the things that match up to the question.