Why does gene train for the 1944 olympics?

a. gene is competing with finny to get on the olympic team.

b. gene figures being in the olympics will keep him from going to war.

c. gene will compete for finny since finny cannot because of his leg.

d. gene has always dreamed of competing in the olympics.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.