Which idea is shared by both from Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil and The Chance of a Lifetime? A. The best way to find oil in Oklahoma was to follow a hunch.

B. The promise of finding oil led people to take great risks.

C. The cost of looking for oil was more than the profit from finding it.

D. The people who drilled for oil in Oklahoma experienced hardships.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?