During those first months the shimerdas never went to town. krajiek encouraged them in the belief that in black hawk they would somehow be mysteriously separated from their money. they hated krajiek, but they clung to him because he was the only human being with whom they could talk or from whom they could get information. he slept with the old man and the two boys in the dugout barn, along with the oxen. they kept him in their hole and fed him for the same reason that the prairie-dogs and the brown owls house the rattlesnakes-- because they did not know how to get rid of him.

in the last paragraph, krajiek is indirectly compared to
a) the oxen.
b) a brown owl.
c) a rattlesnake.
d) the prairie dogs.

Meter you are working as an apprentice for the bksb newcastle arena. an indoor sport exhibition is coming to the arena. your supervisor has asked you to set up a handball pitch and seating area as shown in the plan view below

How does brian feel about working with stacey on the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.