If you look at the excerpt you've been given, he spends the majority of it discussing how he "heard the voice of Merlin from a surprising source." Continuing to read, you see that he heard this through the hooting of the owl outside his window. Using this when we read the question, we can use process of elimination to determine what the best answer is. Each of these answers rings true, but if we use our textual evidence--his discussion of the owl-- we see that the second answer--His inspiration was the owl outside his window--is the best answer for this question. While the other three answers do apply, they are not the best answer since we cannot know how hard he struggled or how long he struggled.
Answer:
Kristallnacht marked a turning point toward more violent and repressive treatment of Jews by the Nazis. By the end of 1938, Jews were prohibited from schools and most public places in Germany–and conditions only worsened from there.
Explanation:
In John Reynolds Gardiner's novel "Stone Fox," the character of Young Willy faces a number of particular challenges. Willy, who is only ten years-old, is forced to take on a variety of adult responsibilities when his elderly grandfather falls into a deep depression. Among the challenges Willy faces and overcomes include: taking over his grandfather's farm and harvesting and selling the potato crop (which); using his dog to help pull the farm's plow when he is unable to buy a horse; nursing his grandfather out of his depression; attempting to pay off his grandfather's tax debts by attempting and failing to secure a loan; earning money by entering a dog sled race even though the odds are against him winning; and by having his dog die during the race and finishing the race on his own by carrying his dog the rest of the way the finish line to win the competition.
