Read the passage and then answer the question : A gang of misfits on horseback rides into a frontier town in Wyoming and causes nothing but trouble. They steal people's horses, demand payments from the mayor as " protection" money , and drive business away from the saloons and stores. Then one day, a mysterious U. S. marshal, whose nickname is Horseshoe Bill, comes to town To create the most fitting climax, which event should happen next in the story? A. Horseshoe Bill unites the townsfolk and helps them drive away the gang B. Horseshoe Bill has his horse stolen almost as soon as he reaches the stables . C. Horseshoe Bill foils a train robbery , saving thousands of worth of gold D. Horseshoe Bill, noticing that the town is doomed , rides off into the sunset

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

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a. it reminds protestors of the reasons they have to protest.

the answer is   c the cold war