it would be C, the author states children being absorbed in making mud pies, or playing dolls in th first paragraph, in the second paragraph states "what a boy lays awake about is probably not his spelling or arithmic, but with the thought of making the team.
Answer:
reference book
Explanation:
Reference books are useful for quick fact checking and for background information and an almanac does just that.
He came down with the flu.
Or
He fell ill.
Gooey or impossible, or maybe even resist