Answer:
it mean resolve or settle a dispute
or
pay a debt
D. I mean think about it, the farmers want the land right? They died and lived off of it so they want whoever is trying to take it away to see how much they need it.. Go with it fam, and try to understand. Also...use a dictionary.
Search about the summary on the website spark notes. it will be very helpful for you in each story.
<span>D) water reading and book reading
The paragraph talks about how Mr. Bixby thinks the speaker is ready to learn water-reading at the end of the paragraph and at the beginning he talks about pretending to read the water as if it were a book.
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