Imagine you are reading a story about a boy who rescues a puppy from a dark well. the story begins by describing how the boy's cousin once rescued him. as the story develops, you read how the boy volunteers at an animal shelter. you also learn that he plays with dogs that are waiting to find homes. (the last sentence is the bolded sentence) what was the author's purpose of including the bolded sentence description? a. the purpose is to provide an anecdote to introduce the boy to readers. b. the purpose is to present an example of his willingness to others. c. the purpose is to describe the reasons for his actions. d. the purpose is to add details about how he volunteers.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

What food does bottom want? a. nuts c. fruit b. hay d. milk

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