Read the following sentence from “The Middle Passage”. "Many a time we were near suffocation, from the want of fresh air, which we were often
without for whole days together."

Which word best matches the meaning of "want” as it is used in the sentence?

A) breath
B) hope
C) lack
D) need

What point of view is used in “an episode of war” by stephen crane? a) third person, because one of the soldiers tells the story. b) third person, because an objective narrator outside the events tells the story. c) first person, because the lieutenant tells the story. d) first person, because initially the lieutenant, and later the doctor, tell the story.