Which of the following is part of the rising action of the story? a. the shark attacking the marlin tied up to the skiff b. the marlin swimming in tighter and tighter circles c. the old man losing his harpoon and rope d. the old man harpooning the shark

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. up through the 1700s, many europeans believed that a king’s touch could cure diseases. at his coronation in 1775, for example, king louis the sixteenth of france touched 2,400 of his ailing subjects. 1. the touch of a king truly has special healing power others do not have 2. there had been other kings of france named louis. 3. french coronations were public events. 4. the french suffered