English, 08.04.2020 21:05, journeyhile5
An idea that is stated explicitly in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is that Jim Smiley is a compulsive gambler.
Which passages from the text provide evidence for this idea?
Select all that apply.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
A. …but anyway he was the curiousest man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the other side; and if he couldn’t, he’d change sides.
B. Parson Walker’s wife laid very sick once, for a good while, and it seemed as if the warn’t going to save her; but one morning he come in, and Smiley asked how she was, and he said she was considerable better…
C. If he even seen a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.
D. But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance; there couldn’t be no solitary thing mentioned but that feller’d offer to bet on it, and take any side you please, as I was just telling you.
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