Has anyone read the book "Chains" By Laurie Halse Anderson? If so does anyone know what page this quote is from, “Better me than Ruth, better me than Ruth.”? No links please. Don't answer if you haven't read it and have no idea what I'm talking about.

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.