Read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: "it's god will. we shall all come to it some day," said gerasim, displaying his teeth—the even white teeth of a healthy peasant—and, like a man in the thick of urgent work, he briskly opened the front door, called the coachman, peter ivanovich into the sledge, and sprang back to the porch as if in readiness for what he had to do next. what can you conclude about gerasim from the phrase "the even white teeth of a healthy peasant? "

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.

From the glass menagerie: "suspended in the mist over berchtesgaden, caught in the folds of chamberlain's umbrella." who was chamberlain? a. paul chamberlain: tom's father b. neville chamberlain: prime minister of great britain. c. pedro chamberlain: amanda's drunkard husband d. cornelius chamberlain: gentleman caller for laura

How does thornton wilder make the stage manager a memorable likable and trustworthy character use evidence from the text to support the answer ( our town)