C.
None of the others seem to be true.
Answer:
A time of financial crisis for the United States government and its citizens. The stock markets crashed. Money was scarce. The market for everything plummeted.
You didn't finish this question but I found the rest of it and it could be finished like "but the good introduction she had been writing all night wasn't good enough for her" or something along those lines
Answer:
Rainsford was an experienced hunter, and yet he had never heard cries like those on the island.
Explanation:
"Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror. He did not recognize the animal that made the sound; he did not try to; with fresh vitality he swam toward the sound. He heard it again; then it was cut short by another noise, crisp, staccato."
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