What does the word "mortar" mean in the following passage? when the last grain of corn was ground into flour, kaddo called the girls together and said, “now bring water from the spring. we shall mix it with the corn flour to make mortar out of it.” so the girls brought water in water pots and mixed it with the flour to make a thick mortar. then kaddo ordered them to make bricks out of the mortar. need asap

How does this excerpt develop the central idea that espionage during the civil war was often carried out by untrained citizens? it enhances the reader’s understanding by explaining why training was unnecessary. it changes the reader’s perception of what information a spy was able to obtain. it explains an ordinary person’s motivation for conducting espionage against the enemy. it adds moral complexity to espionage, due to the use of secret and dangerous methods.