Please answer these questions from dub not buddy. will give brainliest. Chapter 16:

1. Why do you think Ms. Thomas believes Bud?

2. How does Steady Eddie try to make Bud feel welcome?

3. Why do the members of the band agree to take Bud in?

4. Why do you think Bud pays so much attention to Ms. Thomas?

5. Why does Bud have to be patient with Mr. Calloway?

6. Why do you think Ms. Thomas describes Bud as a "godsend"?

7. What is the mood at the end of the chapter? Explain.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim