It advances the plot because the conversations that they have foreshadow what is going to happen in the cellar. ex-montresor gave fortunato more and more wine
The best summary of the excerpt is B) “Huskies are resourceful and able to take care of themselves during the summer when men do not use them to pull dog sleds.” The text introduces that during the summer huskies are not needed; therefore they are left on their own and they find resources to eat.
Option A is incomplete as it does not mention what huskies do during summer.
Option C only describes animals but do not explain in which context.
Option D is a phrase within the text but does summarize its content.
The best kind of book is, a book that makes you want to continue to read. Where your imagination runs off with different ideas of the story. When you feel your part of story line or you can relate to the characters.
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The preposition of the sentence would be the word "of" since it relates the subject, the Incas, to the clause, which is "possessions with special knotted cords called quipu."