Can y'all just type the answer and stop typing paragraphs ? we are being timed and need answers fast

what novel are you talking about?

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.

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