3 helps Bud avoid getting into trouble for lying. Rule #3 is "If You Got to Tell a Lie Make Sure It's Simple and Easy to Remember."
Rule #87 helps Bud avoid being "tricked" and reminds him that adults typically have ulterior motives when they ask for help. Rules #87 is "When a Adult Tells You They Need Your Help With a Problem Get Ready to Be Tricked—Most Times This Means They Just Want You to Go Fetch Something for Them."
Rule #29 helps Bud survive by giving himself additional time to plan his next move before he wakes up in front of adults. Rule #29 is "When You Wake Up and Don't Know for Sure Where You're. At end There's a Bunch of people Standing Around You. It's Best to pretend You're Still Asleep, Until You Can Figure Out What's Going On and What You Should Do."
Rule #8 gives Bud an opportunity to run away from adults before he...
C.<span>"He looked for a long time at the envelope, the writing on which he did not know, not daring to open it, not wishing to read it, with a wild desire to put it in his pocket and say to himself: 'I'll leave that till to-morrow, when I'm far away!'"</span>
The subject is “milk.” The prepositional phrase is “in the cup.” The verb is “is.”
The 20th century opened with great hope but also with some apprehension<span>, for the new century marked the final approach to a new millennium. For many, humankind was entering upon an unprecedented era. </span>H.G. Wells<span>’s utopian studies, the aptly titled </span>Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought<span> (1901) and </span>A Modern Utopia<span> (1905), both captured and qualified this optimistic mood and gave expression to a common </span>conviction<span> that science and technology would transform the world in the century ahead. To achieve such transformation, outmoded institutions and ideals had to be replaced by ones more suited to the growth and liberation of the human spirit. </span>
Answer: d.
Explanation: In this excerpt from the introductory note of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin", a key detail about Franklin's employment in the excerpt is <u><em>Benjamin Franklin worked at the "New England Courant." </em></u>This was one of the first American newspapers. It was founded by James Franklin, Benjamin's brother. Benjamin did many jobs there. He also wrote articles. The newspaper was a success.