Which is mostly likely the meaning of reservations as it used in the following sentences? Some members of the family had reservations about taking a plane. They talked about their concerns for weeks before the trip.
A. Requests made in advance for a seat, room, and so on
B. Doubts or reasons for withholding full assent
C. Prior claims on part of something given as a gift
D. Places set aside for a designated group or purpose

Part B which word or phrases in the sentences is the context clue that best supports the answer to part A?
A. Taking a plane
B. Talked
C. Concerns
D. Before the trip

Exit in which of the following passages from the text is the author's motif of displacement and separation most evident? a. "in these ways it was a typical wartime departure, full of proud smiles and half-concealed worry." b. "it upheld the army's decision to limit the movements of a racially select group of citizens." c. "once the first year's turmoil cooled down, the authorities started letting us outside…" d. "if anything made that country habitable it was the mountains themselves…"

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.