On groundhog day, the kids in mrs. black's class listened as their teacher told them the legend of the groundhog.
"the legend goes back many centuries," the teacher said. "it is about the day that the groundhog comes out to look for his shadow after he has been asleep for many days. if the sun is shining and he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. if the day is cloudy and he can't see his shadow, then spring will come early this year."
jimmy looked out the window. it was a bright, sunny day.

what will most likely happen later in the story?
a. the kids will look for groundhogs.
b. the groundhog will make spring come early.
c. a sudden snowstorm will hit the school.
d. the groundhog will see his shadow.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b. being sliced open by a giant blade c. being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive