As he paddled back to claiborne, a hope flickered within zeitoun that his siblings might see him on tv. perhaps they would see what he was doing, that he had done something good by staying in his adopted city. the zeitouns were proud, and there was plenty of sibling rivalry that had pushed them all to an array of achievements—all of them measured against the deeds of mohammed. none of them had ever done something like that, none had achieved on his level. but zeitoun felt again that perhaps this was his calling, that god had waited to put him here and now to test him in this way. and so he hoped, as silly as it seemed, that his siblings might see him like this. why does the author include zeitoun’s thoughts?

to emphasize how his Muslim faith drives his actions

halibut, flounder, tuna, and trout are all fish. so your first answer is 1.) fish. and since fish is edible, your next answer would be 3). edible

to describe those fishes more thoroughly, some of those fishes live in fresh water, and some of the fishes live in salt water, and that is not a thing that they all have in common. the question is asking what is common with all of the fish, so answer choices 2). fresh water and 4). salt water are not right.

for me, i'd go with (c) satisfied or (b) overjoyed because if you read it a couple of times, it makes since that it is c or b. it can't b (a) angry because booker was never angry about anything. at the end of the paragraph, booker states, "i think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that i " i think that sentence kind of gives away the also, some words in the paragraph can also you like for example, "indulged," "calmly," "perplexity," "privilege," and defining words that you don't know, can you understand more of that paragraph and it can also increase your comprehension. : )

i'm really rally sorry if i'm incorrect, but if i'm hope this ! : )