Read this excerpt from Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail
What can a reader infer based on the information in
the excerpt?
The wind was fierce, often blowing the sled over and
keeping the dogs at a slow trot. Togo went steadily
on. The storm had swept much of the snow off the
trail and exposed the glare ice below. The dogs
frequently slipped and skidded sideways,
endangering Seppala's grasp on the sled. The light
began to fade. As night approached, it was only
Togo's remarkable sense of direction and Seppala's
determination that brought them across the bay and
back onto the original trail.
O Seppala's dog Togo was not used to pulling a
sled during a fierce storm.
O Seppala almost gave up on trying to keep his
dogs moving during the night,
O Seppala and his dog Togo were too cautious on
the trail and lost time
O Seppala and his dog Togo were extremely
courageous and strong-willed,

Select the contred text in the passage which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife? an old woman and mrs. herd's sister were in the sitting-room, they showed us to the crazy, narrow stairway. though we lived distant but four hundred yards of a crows flight, we had never seen mrs. herd before, for that is the way of things in this land of minding one's own business a slight dark girlish-looking woman, almost quite refined away, and with those eyes of the dying, where the spirit is coming through, as it only does when it knows that al is over except just the passing. she lay in a double bed with clean white sheets. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bow, the small lattice window open. though it was hot in there, it was better far than the rooms of most families in towns, living on a wage of twice as much, for here was no sign of defeat in decency or cleanliness. in her face, as in poor herd's, was that same strange minging of resigned despair and almost eager appeal, so terrible to disappoint. yet, trying not to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round her? but what else could we do? we could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state. and the night was so beautiful, so utterly glamourously beautiful, with its star-flowers, and its silence and its trees clothed in moonlight. all was tranquil as a dream of sleep. but it was long before our hearts wandering with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream

Listening is also important because you spend more time listening than participating in any other communication activity. in fact, you spend more time listening to others than doing almost anything else. typical americans spend more than 80 percent of any average day communicating with other people l. they spend 45 percent of that communication time listening to others. which sentence states the main idea?

What structural choice can a translator make to set a desperate or frantic tone? o a. character dialogue o b. setting changes o c. sentence length o d. plot order submit