20 "monkey's paw? " said mrs. white curiously. 21"well, it's just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps," said the sergeant-major off-handedly. 22 his three listeners leaned forward eagerly. the visitor absent-mindedly put his empty glass to his lips and then set it down again. his host filled it for him again. 23 "to look at," said the sergeant-major, fumbling in his pocket, "it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy." 24 he took something out of his pocket and proffered it. mrs. white drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously. "he took something out of his pocket and proffered it. mrs. white drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously." what is the most probable explanation for mrs. white's initial reaction to the monkey's paw? a) mrs. white is extremely superstitious. b) mrs. white is disgusted by the appearance of the monkey's paw. c) mrs. white is suddenly reminded that it is time for her to get supper ready. d) mrs. white is annoyed by the sergeant-major's bad manners in displaying the monkey's paw.

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Read the paragraph. we heard music coming from the auditorium so we crept up to the door in peaked in. i couldn’t believe my eyes! a group of dancers were on stage in the most beautiful costumes i have ever seen. i looked at mabel and she looked back at me with the same expression. our eyes were wide with joy and wonder. which point of view does the narrator use

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.