S=subject, v=verb
1. s- word, v- was
2. s- I, v- put
3. s- cross, v- stood
4. same as 2
5. s- peace, v- is
6. s- soul, v- hangs
7. s- mansions, v- are
8. s- salvation, v- is
9. s- death of his saints, v- is
10. s- Christ my savior, v- walked
11. s- I, v- tarry
12. s- he, v- did
13. s- deep places of the earth, v- are
14. s- I, v- am
15. s- thy faithfulness, v- is
Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” ... pg. 528
"You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue." pg. 307
"Sometimes I imagined how everything looked above those clouds, knowing without question that the sun was blond, and the endless atmosphere was a giant blue eye." pg. 350
