Horatio compares the dead king's appearance to the omens that supposedly presaged the assassination of Julius Caesar
o, once compound words are closed or hyphenated they are counted as one word. If the compound word is open, e.g., "post office," it is counted as two words.
It's asking you how your reading selection has effected you. did they make you better writer? did you become more perceptive to detail? stuff like that. basically how reading effects you