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tatyana61 [14]
2 years ago
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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 wat

er 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—
Q:
A:
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.
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2 answers:
allochka39001 [22]2 years ago
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Answer:

C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.

Explanation:

The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn. This is evident from the first sentence, in which the narrator states that "There was no use in arguing with a person like this." Reading the sentences that follow, we learn that the narrator is speaking about Mr. Bixby.

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Crazy boy [7]2 years ago
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I would go with C. Because the narrator is talking. The narrator want to have a lesson badly on water-reading. But Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is far to advanced for it and will not teach her it. So Mr. Bixby is being stubborn and will not give the lesson.
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