What caused nicholas to sneak into the
lumber room when his aunt was
"preoccupied" in the garden?
a. nicholas was looking for something to do and stumbled into the lumber room.
b. nicholas had been curious about the lumber room for some time and finally saw his chance.
c. nicholas was trying to find something as exciting as jagborough; the lumber room was a good second.

The speaker in the “to a mouse” regrets that the mouse runs away so fast because the

What is the meaning of the word "internalize" as it is used in the following sentence? (4 points) try to internalize the vocabulary words you have read. forget describe learn rewrite

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.