Why have manolin's parents forced him to work for another fisherman and not for santiago? a. they are jealous of manolin's relationship with santiago. b. they think the old man is reckless and will harm manolin. c. they think santiago's an unlucky man and it will affect manolin. d. they are afraid that santiago is cheating the boy out of pay.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

What do we call a two-syllable metrical foot that consists of one unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable? a. anapest b.dactyl c.iamb d.elision

In the book hatchet why did brian think searchers would not find him