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Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
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 water 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—
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.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Answer:
He restored the practice of worshiping multiple gods.
Explanation:
<span>The correct answer is A. The river is constantly changing. The author describes the Mississippi as fickle because it is not constant - you can never know when it is going to change, and whether that change will be for the better or for the worse. The word fickle means changeable, volatile, irregular. </span>
Answer:
In the short story "The Open Window", the line that foreshadows the trick that the niece will play is option D, "Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?' pursued the self-possessed young lady". She want's to make sure Mr. Nuttel knows nothing about her aunt to trick him. Options 1 and 3 are parts of the story she invents and option 2 introduces this girl as a character. Once she is sure that Nuttel does not know her aunt she can begin with her mischief.
