Read the passage. Hugh the Mostly Fearless ran down the alley and stopped short. A tall stone wall blocked his escape, and on either side tightly shuttered houses loomed above him. No one was going to help him get out of this one. He turned around, and as he expected, his three pursuers started closing in. Why hadn’t he taken his father’s advice and become a plumber instead of a knight? He sighed, put his head down, and drew his .

Which word best completes the sentence?

spear
sword
knife
axe

Crusoes inner struggle with the consequences

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?