Select the correct inference of the given passage from \"the cask of amontillado.\". \"i have my doubts,\" i replied; \"and i was silly enough to pay the full amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. you were not to be found, and i was fearful of losing a bargain.\". a) the narrator was worried he would lose a bargain. b) the narrator wants his fortunato to feel superior. c) the narrator was upset by paying too much for the amontillado. d) the narrator could not find fortunato when he needed him.

If you were writing a descriptive paragraph about your favorite food and used compound adjectives, what piece ofpunctuation could be effective for describing the food? semicolonhyphencolondash

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of dove, a maid whom there were none to praise and very few to love: a violet by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye! --fair as a star, when only one is shining in the sky. she lived unknown, and few could know when lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me! (wordsworth, “she dwelt among the untrodden ways”) which option explains a meaning implied by the use of the adjective untrodden in the excerpt? the maid was lost in the woods. the maid lived in a rural setting. the maid was a nature spirit. the maid suffered a life without joy.

Where does the receiver live in the giver?