PARAGRAPH 126 - “Seaward Pines is a d**b school,” I blurt. “I’ll hate it. And I hate Papi, too.” PARAGRAPH 127- Roli sighs. He’s quiet for a long while, which makes me uncomfortable. My brother has always been strangely good at reading my mind. Can’t he see how awful it felt to be unimportant, to watch Papi stand there like a chump? PARAGRAPH 128- “What did you want Papi to do, Merci? Pitch a fit and blow your free ride?” PARAGRAPH 129-Without warning, tears spring to my eyes. He pretends not to notice. Instead, he cups my scalp with his enormous hand and gives a squeeze. “Try to let this idea into your thick cranium. Papi chose to be invisible today so that you won’t ever have to be.” QUESTION: What character traits best describes Merci? Use R. A.C. E.C. E to respond.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the correct answer is the first option "the bolkshevik revolution". the passage makes reference to many of important events that occured in the revolution, such as the assemblies, in this case the animals are gathered in an assembly after a protest, the murder of fellow partners, the speeches given by the leader of the revolution, among other aspects. the last choice is possible, but in this passage in particular it is not emphasized the fight between the characters, that is the two pigs, that represent lenin and stallin.

- the heat nearly killed them that first summer.

a. the man as a ruler