Buck and spitz clash throughout these chapters, making their conflict a a) bookend b) narrative arc c) symbol d) through-line

Which sentence uses the linking word after correctly? a. after janessa went to the grocery store with her mother. b. trish is the luckiest person in the world, after she will not stop complaining. c. gregory made a perfect score on his math test after he studied hard for it. d. after, pete could not wait for school to start again.

One of the most important qualities of a group leader

But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?