Part A As used in paragraph 2 of the passage from Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, what is the meaning of the word fast?

cheerfully

securely

carefully

quickly

Part B

As used in paragraph 2, which phrase supports the meaning of the word fast?

"...cannot think how bad it fells..."

"...no way in the world can you get rid of the nasty hard thing"

"...I knew my mother always wore one when she went out"

"...and what with my master's pats, kind words, and gentle ways..."

A. Securely

B. "...no way in the world can you get rid of the nasty hard thing..."

Explanation:

A. The word fast in this context means securely. For example, if I held my money fast it would mean that I clutched it tightly to make sure nothing could happen to it.

B. This quotation shows that the harness was held securely on the horse, since he couldn't get it off.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

c) eager anticipation.