"They walked down towards the Seine, desperate and shivering. At last they found on the quay one of those nocturnal carriages which are only to be seen in Paris after dark, as though they were ashamed of their shabbiness in the daylight." What does the word quay mean?

Whar best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in the excerpt?

What can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he is ungrateful and refuses to eat all of the food that grete brings for him b. his appetite is good, which shows that his body is trying to return to human form c. he always eats trash, and grete is trying to get him to remember being human d. his eating habits are changing, and he is becoming physically less human

American history (is, are) studying the american colonies.