Which statement shows Twain's humor about his father's job in "Life on the Mississippi"?

a. He says it is a better job than steamboating.

b. He says his father has a special occupation. This answer is incorrect.

c. He says his father can hang anyone he wants.

d. He says his father had a lot of power in town.

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

One way that the novel differs from earlier literary works is that novelists often leave out many details associated with the setting novels only portray positive aspects of heroes and other important figures characters' personalities in novels are only revealed through dialogue readers are often able to relate better to the characters in novels

In the reading, statement on the assassination of martin luther king, jr., which of the following inferences is best supported by the second paragraph? martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. in this difficult day, in this difficult time for the united states, it’s perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. for those of you who are black—considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible—you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge. question 5 options: a) the speaker is urging the same non-violent response that was preached by the slain martin luther king, jr. b) the speaker doesn’t want people to be angry about the death of martin luther king, jr. c) the speaker is trying to encourage racial resentment. d) the speaker wishes he hadn’t been born an american citizen.