Jim Smiley is best described as a —

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Elena-2011 [213]3 years ago

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I think C is the correct answer, he is a 'skilled risk taker' most of the time. He was fooled only once, in that incident with the frog, but otherwise he always wins everything he competes in.

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Encourage the common people of the colonies through moral and political argument to fight for egalitarian government and independence from Britain.

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