If you were writing a story about a young man named jeremy trying to improve his physical fitness, which sentence would most likely be the first event in that story? a) jeremy looked at the mirror before his shower and didn't like what he saw. eliminate b) grunting ferociously, jeremy attempted to do a few pull-ups for the first time. c) jeremy looked at the scale and smiled with the satisfaction when he saw the number. d) jeremy sat down and looked over his progress with his weight training for the week.

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community