Answer: b. It looked like she could knock it over by sneezing, but it was good enough for her to practice shooting.
Explanation:
Something that is rickety is not very stable and could collapse at anytime.
In calling the item rickety and thinking that it could be blown over by sneezing meaning it could collapse at any time, the author is helping us understand that rickety means unstable much like the chair which is unstable and prone to collapse at a mere sneeze.
Answer:
The professors asked Gloria Pritchett and me to give a guest lecture at the university.
Explanation:
This sentence is grammatically correct because it does have the right use of grammar here. The second option isn't grammatically correct because you cannot say Gloria Pritchett and me because it isn't the right way to use the grammar. It's just incorrect.
Answer:
a
Explanation:
barely acknowledges their existence