I think the casket is a symbol of death and it is also a symbol of cruelty of the narrator that he took Doodle to see it and touch it to emphasize that they thought he was going to die so needed to be brought face to face with it.
D) There is no way to tell if he is less-qualified.
Hope this helps, baiii<3
A sentence that includes an independent clause and at least one dependent clause is called a complex sentence.
I think it is Direct Object i hope this is what you need
In paragraph 14, you just need to look at the text and think about what the paragraph is mainly about, then you’ll have your answer