Q14. Billy___ to buy a new skateboard.
O want
O wants

Q15. Those two boys___
to buy new skateboards.
O want
O wants

Q16. My knee___
better than it did yesterday."
O look
O looks

Q14. wants Q15. want Q16. looks

Explanation:

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.