PLEASE GELP TIMED TEST NEED SOON PLZ

How does Mitchell ensure that he is invited on the trip with
Paul and Paul's father?
Read this excerpt from The Land, Part 4.
"If it makes no difference," I said, "then just go ahead and
mess up and end up not going. You figure you want to go,
though, then you treat those horses like you always do,
and you keep your temper, even around your daddy"
Mitchell didn't say anything. He just gave me a look and
walked away, but I knew I'd gotten to him.
O by keeping his temper in check in front of Paul's father
O by convincing Paul to ask him to go with them
O by doing extra work with Paul's father's horses
O by talking to Paul's father about the trip

Find the center and the radius of the circle with the equation: x^-2x+y^2+4y+1=0

How can an author reveal move information about a character

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.