What's an author's purpose? The teacher looked down at Doug, challenging him to say more. The whole class was holding in laughter and staring, eager to see what'd happen next. They'd love to be the first to know about someone getting in trouble. They'd be able to tell everyone. Doug just sat there, grinning as if he won the lottery

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?