Idk the answer I watched it [the ball] closing in
Clean and untouched, transfixed
By its easy arc before it hit
My forehead with a thud.

How does the ball most likely feel when it hits the speaker in the head?

soft and slow
quick and smooth
hard and heavy
rough and dirty

b b b b b b   b b b   b b b b b

answer is b,

"the tracer looks harmless in flight, but the pilot’s bitten lips and white knuckles suggest how dangerous it can be."

it was correct.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

it took the same time to travel by as it did on   train : ) hope i