3). What evidence or fact is used to support the claim of the second paragraph?
A. Boxing has always been a brutal sport.
B. The ancient Greeks used gloves studded with metal spikes, which slashed the face and body and
split skulls.
C. Although gloves are no longer spiked, boxers today sustain injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to
broken bones.
D. It is not uncommon to see a boxer leave the ring with a cut on his face, an eye swollen shut, and a
nose enlarged and bloody.

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

explanation:

i think it is c. good luck!