A. She washed the shells and dried them in the sun.
<span> The sentence is “She washed the shells and dried them in the sun”. A compound predicate actually consists of two or more than two verbs having the same subject and joined by any conjunction like “or” or “and”. As far as the given sentence is concerned, we see that “She” is the subject and the subject is doing two different things. This is the reason behind taking this sentence as a compound predicate. </span>
Question: After Santiago's ordeal with the marlin, he makes plans to go fishing with Manolin as soon as the weather clears. What does this say about the kind of man Santiago is?
Answer: D) It shows that Santiago does not give up when defeated!
(if there aren't any options) it really just depends on your opinion, but to me it would have to be 1st person. it can also can be considered the most explanatory, but again that's only my opinion.