Read the story summary. While visiting a meteor crater, a teenager comes across a meteorite that inspires him to become an astronaut.

What kind of nonfiction source did the author most likely use to help make the elements in the story realistic?

an animated film about a group’s voyage through the galaxy
a blog where people speculate about the existence of aliens
a popular television series set in the far reaches of space
a government website on space exploration

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive