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read the excerpt from the land. it was some three days later when mitchell and i were brushing down the horses in the stalls my daddy was renting, mitchell said to me, "that man from alabama, one wanted you to ride for him, he come askin' me 'bout you. came to the stables earlier."

this dialogue advances the plot by telling the reader that
paul may have an opportunity to ride sutcliffe’s horse.
may have a conflict with mitchell.
will not have the chance to ride sutcliffe’s horse.
will soon be participating in a race.

Paul may have an opportunity to ride Sutcliffe’s horse.

Explanation:

In this excerpt, we learn that Mitchell tells Paul that a man had come looking for him. This man from Alabama who wanted Paul to ride for him is likely to be Sutcliffe. The man probably came to look for Paul because he wants to ask him something. From the story, we can assume that Paul will be asked to ride Sutcliffe's horse.

closer examination, however, finds the mcdonald's kind of job highly uneducational in several ways. far from providing opportunities for entrepreneurship (the lemonade stand) or self- discipline, self-supervision, and self-scheduling (the paper route), most teen jobs these days are highly structured — what social scientists call “highly routinized.”  

true, you still have to have the gumption to get yourself over to the hamburger stand, but once you don the prescribed uniform, your task is spelled out in minute detail.  

is it "means of nourishment"