Charlie is getting ready to swim in his city's pool. He wants to get used to the cool water slowly, so he decides to put his feet over the edge of the pool and dip his toes in the water for a few minutes. Which word would best replace put?

a) dangle
b) hold
c) suspend
d) droop

Read the excerpt from eighty years and more: reminiscences, 1815-1897. all that day and far into the night i pondered the problem of boyhood. i thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. so i decided to study greek and learn to manage a horse. which question would best the reader understand stanton's viewpoint in this excerpt?