Why did the chicken cross the road?

The travels of marco polo. what is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

How does the allusion to icarus support the author’s tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart, like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhart’s failure in spite of her ambition. c)it stresses that the author views earhart’s fate as a mystery. d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.