1. There were 146 Christmas trees in the field. 109 were green and ready to be cut. 15 were not quite big enough. The rest of the Christmas trees had barely sprouted. Hoy! many Christmas trees had barely sprouted? Step 1. Step 2

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

The caption is an example of which kind of bias? "cute baby boars snuffle for food in the undergrowth"

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why