Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.
everybody knew about the foreign devils—the barbarians. did they really exist, manjiro wondered, or were they just the inventions of adults to get children to behave? even he had told his younger sisters, "go to sleep—or the barbarians will come and get you! "
but now, in the dark of night, the wind screaming as he bailed bucket after bucket of freezing water out of the boat, images of monsters crowded his imagination. fanged monsters with long, slashing tails, dagger-sharp horns, and icy blue eyes.
which best states why the excerpt makes the reader want to keep reading?
a. to find out how many sisters manjiro left behind in japan
b. to find out if the barbarians really exist and show up in the story
c. to find out about other types of stories adults invent for children
d. to find out why the boat became filled up with freezing water

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Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]

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