Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.

"My frien, why you no de talk again. I de ask you say you wan make we call soja?"

Which is the best translation of the dialect in the excerpt?

“My friend, why are you not speaking up? I wanted to know if you would call the soldier for us.”
“My friend, can you repeat what you said? I asked you if you wanted me to call the soldier?”
“My friend, why are you not talking? I asked you if you wanted us to call the soldier.”
“My friend, why are you not talking? I wanted to know if you would call the soldier for us.”

Although the account is in good standing at this point in time. is this sentence incomplete or complete?

Which text evidence from the passage supports the theme that even nonliving things contain a life force? select two options. it was close and dry and dusty in the house of the gods.” “i have said the magic was gone but that is not true—it had gone from the magic things but it had not gone from the place.” “i felt the spirits about me, weighing upon me.” “nor had i ever slept in a dead place before—and yet, tonight, i must sleep there.” “when i thought of it, my tongue felt dry in my throat, in spite of my wish for knowledge.” “almost i would have gone down again and faced the dogs, but i did not.”

Match each stanza structure to the correct term. a stanza of two lines quatrain a stanza of four lines octave a stanza of six lines couplet a stanza of eight lines sestet arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth