Which statement best describes why the birds are unsure of giving Pi-coo a feather?

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.

Ithink your answer is the last one

Ibelieve the topic sentence is [1] keeping my mind on my writing is not easy when i stay at my grandfather's ocean-side cottage. hope this : )