1. the ship had been at sea for three weeks longer than promised. the crew was
extremely low on rations and furious with their captain for lying. should the
captain be worried about a mutiny? explain.

Yes, the captain should be worried about a mutiny

Explanation:

The chances for a mutiny to occur is high given that not only is the situation bad from the lack of rations, but the crew has caught their captain lying, ruining their trust and respect for him.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.