In “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” how do the stories about Jim Smiley’s horse and dog affect the development of the story about the jumping frog?
A) stories set up the idea that Smiley had backup bets if his jumping frog failed.
B)The stories set up the idea that Smiley assumed his clever training made his bets impossible to lose.
C)The stories set up the idea that Smiley lost bets concerning previous animals.
D)The stories set up the idea that Smiley relied on his animals for income.

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8. "caged bird" right now, i feel like a bird caged without a key everyone comes to stare at me with so much joy and reverie they don't know how i feel inside through my smile, i cry they don't know what they're doing to me keeping me from flying that's why i say i know why the caged bird sings only joy comes from song she's so rare and beautiful to others why not just set her free? so she can fly, fly, fly spreading her wings and her song let her fly, fly fly for the whole world to see she's like caged bird fly, fly ooh just let her fly just let her fly just let her fly spread the wings spread the beauty what is the allusion found in the poem? question 8 options: a) alicia keys b) i know why the caged bird sings c) spreading her wings and her song d) fly, fly, fly