Answer:
He became sickened by the war: the murders, captivity and the futility of it all. He merely wanted to salvage something and was convinced that there was an innocent soul inside the burning hut. <u>The Captain shot Eddie in the leg to keep him from running further into the hut and burning to death.</u>
Explanation:
1. What do you think the narrator of “The Gift of the Magi” considers as having real value? - <span>the protagonists' love for each other </span>
2. In the story “The Gift of the Magi,” which of the following is an example of allusion? - <span>the discovery that the protagonists sold their most prized possessions </span>
3. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” what does the information about Annie Mae Young burning her quilts reveal about her personality? - <span>Young saw her quilts as something very private.</span>
4. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” Aronzia Pettway made quilts mostly to - <span>Become economicallyindependent.</span>
5. Both Marge Piercy and Walt Whitman believe that - <span>Art is not an important part of life.</span>
6. The poems in this unit express appreciation for - <span>the value of work.</span>
7. What is the meaning of meretricious as it is used in this sentence from “The Gift of the Magi”? - <span>Showy and vulgar</span>
8. Which vocabulary word completes this sentence CORRECTLY? When Mr. Klein realized that his true identity was revealed, he found himself in an interesting - <span>predicament </span>
9.Which of the following sentences uses capitalization CORRECTLY? - <span>I just read O. Henry's short story “The Gift of the Magi.”</span>
10. Which of the following sentences displays the CORRECT use of punctuation? (1 point)Leonardo da Vinci, inventor, painter, and poet is considered a true genius.
11. What connotation is attributed to the “parlor generals” in the following lines from “To Be of Use”? -<span>brutality</span>
D bruh LEL BRUH XD IM DED
The correct answer would be option C: "feels slightly foolish about the events that occur", this due to the way the excerpt is written, since, it seems the author wanted to let the readers know that the narrator isn't stupid, so that they keep that in mind, when they read about a foolish thing said narrator did. If the narrator did something dumb, then option A and B would be discarded, as would option D.
