Special abilities are indicated by the measurement of O academic achievement
O performance related to a specific field
O innate intelligence
O variations due to heredity and environment

to gain popularity at school, fitzgerald wrote plays for the school and cast himself as the star. he also joined one of the universitys most prestigious clubs.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)