I’d say:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of “Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, Gwendolyn Brooks” because the rest of the punctuations doesn’t make sense.
But actually it should be:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
(Without the quotation marks and inclusion the word “and” before “Gwendolyn”)
Answer:
",an expert fossils" is what makes it an appositive phrase
The answer is the amputation of the lieutenant's arm. None of the other options are events in the story. The lieutenant returns home and we don't know the outcome of the battle. There is also no evidence he was ever ill.
D. jack did not keep the fire going
The answer is D. Mitty would rather dream than attend to errands. He's not literally shooting a pistol, so B and C are not the answer. A. can't really be proved with this passage, also he specifies what biscuit he wants.
