Read this excerpt from "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man” in The People Could Fly
The Hairy Man . . . hollered loud. "From now on, all the rope in this county has gone and disappeared!”
. . . "Heah-aaah, dogs!” [Wiley] hollered . . . . The rope that had tied up his dogs was gone, too. And the dogs Came and the Hairy Man lit out through the swamp one more time.
Which statement best describes the characters in this excerpt?
A. The protagonist brags about himself.
B. The protagonist tricks the antagonist.
C. The antagonist is more clever than the protagonist.
D. The antagonist beats the protagonist in a contest of wits.

The statement that best describes the characters in this excerpt is the protagonist tricks the antagonist.

Explanation:

This story is about a little kid named Wiley, who is really brave and perhaps a little be daredevil, he is really smart and he likes to trick the Hairy Man in every place he sees him, this time is not an exception, since he tricks him to set the dog free so the Hairy Man had to flee as fast as he could, back to the swamp. The general theme of the story is about outsmarting people to get what you want. So the answer is B .

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B

Explanation:

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b) the narrator's mental state is anguished.

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