In the story, what causes the conflict between the narrator and the old man? a The narrator and the old man resent having to live together because of the narrator's disease, and so the narrator decides to murder the old man. b The narrator is driven mad by the sound of a heart beating beneath the floorboards, and this causes him to kill the old man. c The narrator watches the old man sleep, and when the terrified old man discovers this, the narrator kills him to keep his madness hidden. d The narrator is terrified of the old man's blue eye and overwhelmed by the sound of his heartbeat, so the narrator kills the old man. Question 4 (1 point)

Read the excerpt and answer the question. then i lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such what type of figurative language is used in the excerpt? idiom hyperbole metaphor alliteration

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a. elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b. madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c. elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d. elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.