Which excerpt from “the treasure of lemon brown” would provide strong evidence that greg tries to avoid his father at the beginning of the story? he had asked his father the week before, and his father had said it depended on his next report card. it wasn’t often the scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen-year-olds, and this was a chance of a lifetime for greg. “and you want to play basketball? ” his father’s brows knitted over deep brown eyes. “that must be some kind of a joke. now you just get into your room and hit those books.” his father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears . . he stood to go upstairs, thought of the lecture that probably awaited him if he did anything except shut himself in his room with his math book, and started walking down the street instead. he sat a while, watching the sign blink first green then red, allowing his mind to drift to the scorpions, then to his father. his father had been a postal worker for all greg’s life, and was proud of it . . greg had heard the story too many times to be interested now.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder. when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information. the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.