Read the excerpt from The Land. After we were home, my daddy summoned Mitchell's daddy to the stables. Now, Willie Thomas was mighty good with horses, and my daddy entrusted the most prized of his horses to his care. Willie Thomas knew their ailments and how to fix most of them. He saw to their feeding, their hooving, all their care, but he didn't train or ride them. My daddy did that himself.

Which conclusion is supported by evidence from the excerpt?

Willie’s motivation is intrinsic because he hopes to ride the horses one day.
Willie’s motivation is intrinsic because he wants to be like Paul’s father.
Willie’s motivation is extrinsic because he wants to keep the horses healthy.
Willie’s motivation is extrinsic because he wants to be able to work outdoors.

How would you describe the norman conquest in 1066 ce? 1) the british usurping power over the normans 2) the germanic tribes conquering the normans 3) the nordic tribes coming down and taking over what is now known as england. 4)the war between the jutes and the anglo-saxons.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which two historical elements may influence a story? the author’s biographical details the place where the story was published major events such as a war or natural disaster events that took place during the publication of the story