Alex had 45 toy cars. he pet26 toy cars in a box. how many toy cars are not in the box?

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

What character trait does penelope demonstrate when she calls for the suitors to hold a contest? what other character has a similar trait? she demonstrates cleverness, like odysseus does when he tricks and overcomes foes. she demonstrates hospitality, like the phaeacians do when odysseus lands on their island. she demonstrates a lack of confidence, like telemachus does when he fails to kick out the suitors. she demonstrates a lack of self control, like odysseus’s men do when they slaughter helios’s cattle.

In tim o’brien’s chapter good form what does the narrator say is the happening truth