Which example from the text develops the idea that it remains a mystery as to how the Egyptians moved and stacked the stones they used to build the pyramids? "Perhaps they used systems of ramps, ropes, and plain, old-fashioned elbow grease..."

"The Great Pyramid weighed approximately 5,750,000 tons. A draft horse can pull four tons on its own..."

"But the ancient Egyptians didn't use horses, and they certainly didn't have pickup trucks."

"A team from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology discovered a unique ramp system..."

What did cherry mean when she said, “things are rough all over” ? the outsiders

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

In the book hatchet why did brian think searchers would not find him