Was the picture (paints, painted, painting)?

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

The true confessions of charlotte doyle and "jonah and the whale" have which theme in common?