What does the book say about the crystal merchant's job and outlook for the future?
He was excited about the future and thought it was a good omen to have such
clean crystal after meeting Santiago.
He was cynical and kept repeating to himself that it was "too late to do
anything else but run his crystal shop exactly like he always had.
O He couldn't wait to retire and take a pilgrimage to Mecca.
O He thought the world had conspired against him and all omens were bad.

What rule applies most closely to this word? predict- group i. if the root is a full word, the ending is usually -able. group ii. when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able. group iii. the suffix -able always follows i. group iv. when the root has other forms built on the letter a, the -able form is used. group v. when the root ends in hard c or hard g, -able is used. group vi. when the root is not a full word,-ible is used. group vii. when the word has an immediate -tion form, -ible is used. group viii. when the root ends in ns, miss, or soft c or g, ible is used.