I think it is B) It raises the tension in the story by delaying Malik's decision about whether or not to swim in the final race of the meet. Malik couldn't previously hurt his ankle thus making a conflict of if he could be able to swim or not.
They both share valid information about a specific object
This make no sense repost the question and i’ll answer it
A) before the pony express people couldn’t send mail to the west coast.
