In richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," the main character, sanger rainsford, is a former war hero. which sentence from this excerpt hints at his time serving in the war?

he had not been entirely clearheaded when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him.

he saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.

rainsford had dug himself in in france when a second's delay meant death.

the pit grew deeper; when it was above his shoulders, he climbed out and from some hard saplings cut stakes and sharpened them to a fine point.

then, wet with sweat and aching with tiredness, he crouched behind the stump of a lightning-charred tree.

Which passage from the story best shows the author's use of surprise to advance the story? a. i'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what i think, tell him everything i would, let him know just what i feel b. "oh, god", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that i've chosen! travelling day in and day out." c. and he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of drawers. "god in heaven! " he thought. it was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half past, more like quarter to seven. d. one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. submit

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou and answer the queswhen i was three and bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists whinstructed - 'to whom it may concern' - that we were marguerite and bailey johnson negropassengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for the poor littleand plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad.deducing from the diction, which of the following are possible audiences for the memoir select all that appchildren of three and four years of age like ones in the memoirafrican-american adults from the south who can relate to angelou's storycaucasian adults interested in american historytrain conductors and passengers

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase