Answer: on the first question your correct but im not sure on the second one
Explanation:
This passage allows us to see into the inner struggle and loneliness of the character. This is revealed in the phrase "interior gloom" while he faces the "open lattice" but he was not looking at anything at all. He was engrossed in his own thoughts and feelings of a closure or an ending of life implied in the phrase "the fire had smouldered to ashes." The surroundings was so silent and cold as revealed in the words "damp, mild air," "cloudy evening" and "so still."
Two points (2) - ten points (10)
Basically, the problem looks like: 2 - 10.
Since the 2 is in front and not the 10, the answer is going to be a negative.
Add 2 - 10 as if the 10 was in the front to get 8. Then, put a negative sign in front of it to make it the correct answer.
Answer: -8
someone can best determine if the speaker is telling the truth a bout his people by asking the young men of the tribe their opinion.