At an average of 1,500 pounds, the kodiak bear is the largest bear in the world. fact or opinion

The answer is fact because its stating something about the bear not what they think about the bear or what they think it weighs. -Fact

That is an opinion because poler beares are consider as the largest bears

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.