Which statement about fairy tales suggests an indirect cause?
a. jack killed the giant because he sold the cow for magic beans.
b. sleeping beauty was warned to stay away from needles but did not listen.
c. hansel and gretel went out into the woods and ended up getting lost.
d. cinderella lost her glass slipper on the stairs precisely at midnight.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

During the medieval period wich group played an important role in staging

Choose the correct form of word to complete the sentence. candies-candy's-candys effects on children's teeth is unfortunate.