Select the correct answer. Why does the author include this sentence in paragraph 3?
"Late that night, we were awakened by a creaking and snorting and the flash of torches passing."
To create an opportunity for the men to end their suffering in the heat and
get on the two-wheeled cart and move faster towards their journey.
B. To create an element of suspense because the men are asleep and are more
vulnerable to attack.
C.
To create a sense of humanity in himself, by sharing his envy because he
hasn't shown any emotion,
D. To create a shift in the story, where the men in the camp seemingly have a
glimmer of reprieve and find assistance for their travels ahead.

Read the excerpt from loom and spindle. but in a short time the prejudice against factory labor wore away, and the lowell mills became filled with blooming and energetic new england women. . they soon began to associate with those who formed the community in which they had come to live, and were invited to their houses. they went to the same church, and sometimes married into some of the best families. or if they returned to their secluded homes again, instead of being looked down upon as "factory girls" by the squire's or the lawyer's family, they were more often welcomed as coming from the metropolis, bringing new fashions, new books, and new ideas with them. what inference can be drawn about the time period of the excerpt? a. the changing workforce transformed society’s rules. b. factories improved local economies with new products. c. women with factory experience found other jobs easily. d. married women preferred factory work to homemaking.