Identify the sentence that contains a vague pronoun reference. a) the fact that austin was always late drove his girlfriend crazy. b) i really like the prom dress that angela bought at the new boutique. c) at a local barbecue restaurant, they provide each guest with a wet napkin. d) i knew malik was excited about his new car when i saw all the pictures he posted.

C) At a local barbecue restaurant, they provide each guest with a wet napkin.

A pronoun is the part of speech that replaces a noun. A vague pronoun reference occurs when the antecedent (the noun that the pronoun refers to) is not clear. It is a mistake that can make a narrative confusing or difficult to follow.

In this case, it is not clear who "they" are. It could be the managers, the owners, the servers, etc.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel