Iunderstand nothing," answered the nose. "i repeat, explain yourself more distinctly." "honourable sir," said kovaloff with dignity, "i do not know how i am to understand your words. it seems to me the matter is as clear as possible. or do you wish but you are after all my own nose! " the nose looked at the major and wrinkled its forehead. "there you are wrong, respected sir; i am myself. besides, there can be no close relations between us. to judge by the buttons of your uniform, you must be in quite a different department to mine." so saying, the nose turned away. kovaloff was completely puzzled; he did not know what to do. nikolai gogol, "the nose" why is this passage from "the nose" typical of magical realism?
a. kovaloff doesn't question why his nose is walking and talking. b. kovaloff goes crazy trying to figure out how this happened. c. the nose wonders how it came to be dressed as a man.
d. the nose is the only realistic element in a supernatural world.

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return