In the context of this story, how do people face death? How do the characters in
the text face death differently from each other? How does this experience differ
with how individuals face death in modern America? (The Devil)

The story talks about how people in poor and miserable conditions take ruthless decisions.

Explanation:

The devil is a short story which has been written by Guy de Maupassant. The theme of this message is poverty and the reactions to actions of people living in poverty and poor conditions.

The story talks about how people living in poverty and with tough situations make them take decisions which are very ruthless. Like Honroe chooses wheat and food over his ailing mother because of which she could not survive.

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)