In "the red-headed league," why is jabez wilson's assistant willing to work for half-wages? a. he only takes the job so he can commit a crime. b. he is one of wilson's oldest and closest friends. c. he comes from a very wealthy family. d. he wants to learn about wilson's business at any cost.

Select all the correct answers. in which two sentences does the author use an ironic tone toward the subject? a. she had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the ministry of public instruction. b. natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. c. the girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. d. she dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station.

Read the excerpt from "the blackfeet creation." how do readers know that this excerpt is from a myth? the excerpt describes an animal called a muskrat. the excerpt describes old man drying the mud. the excerpt describes old man scattering mud over water. the excerpt describes how muskrat create land.

Which trait is common to the narrators in these excerpts? a the narrators were born in poverty the narrators were separated from their birth parents c. the narrators grew up to be criminals d the narrators worked hard in lide to improva their ocial status the narrators blamed themselves for their mistortunps