Answer:
In a passive voice, you would say Mark's mother raised him in a small town.
Explanation:
Oppression because denying peoples freedom and rights is being oppressive
Sole and Soul are homophones
A homophone are two words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. In this example sole would be the under surface of a foot or shoe whereas soul would be to that of a person's being.
Strong
In this excerpt hardy is describing soldier. The soldier is also described as brave and bloody. Since he is standing before the king after having just been in battle, we can assume that he is a strong fighter as he survived the fighting. When looking at the other choices, merciless seems too violent of a description to follow the word good. Also, obedient shouldn't be chosen because even though the soldier is obedient, loyal would be a more appropriate term. Difficult just doesn't fit at all.