The selection from Life on the Mississippi includes a description of an apprentice engineer. In what way are the description of him and the

description of Jim Smiley in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County most similarly humorous?

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A. The narrators express envy for qualities that both characters have.

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B. Both characters appear to be eager to talk and tell longwinded stories

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C. Both characters are described as show-offs who do their best to impress others.

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. The narrators contrast both characters with other, more ordinary people they know