<span>The correct answer is A. The river is constantly changing. The author describes the Mississippi as fickle because it is not constant - you can never know when it is going to change, and whether that change will be for the better or for the worse. The word fickle means changeable, volatile, irregular. </span>
B. It's merchant's.
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The answer is B. I know this because a hat cant be knocked against a bench.