What is Ronald Franz's reaction when he hears that Chris had died? A. He sells all of his possessions and begins a life of wandering.
B. He finds Chris' family and tells them about his friendship with Chris.
C. He funds a scholarship for wilderness studies in Chris' name.
D. He immediately drives to Alaska to see where Chris had lived.
E. He renounces God and drinks a bottle of whiskey, making himself sick.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)

Which of the following is most likely to influence the plot of a story