The answer should be B. To teach a lesson about teamwork and determination.
The paragraph is basically about even though the team had a lot of challenges and difficulties but they still didn't give up and won. So it's not about anything like negative aspects of sports or to criticize anything
The sentence of this excerpt that gives a sense of Stephen's reluctance to take part in sports is:
<em>He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then. </em>
This sentence conveys the idea that, although the character is on the brink of getting involved, he does not actually take part. Rather than that, he tries to remain invisible for the ones that are, in fact, involved.
Answer:
9/11 showed that america will retaliate against threats to their country. meaning from then on America has been in many other wars against terrorism. Like when america helped fight ISIS.
I believe the answer is TRUE