Read the poem "grass" and answer the question that follows.
pile the bodies high at austerlitz and waterloo.
shovel them under and let me work—
i am the grass; i cover all.
and pile them high at gettysburg
and pile them high at ypres and verdun.
shovel them under and let me work.
two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
what place is this?
where are we now?
i am the grass.
let me work.
what is the significance of the phrase "two years, ten years" in line 7?
the phrase describes the intervals between the wars.
the phrase stresses that grass needs time to do its work.
the phrase suggests that people quickly forget the past.
the phrase implies that time people heal their emotional wounds.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.