Why does the author believe that ranch’s usual streak of silliness takes a back seat in sleeping upside-down?
a) the characters seem sincere in their reactions.
b) the talking bat adds to the attraction of the story.
c) the characters of the talking bat and kate blend well.
d) kate is a serious girl who secretly resents her parents.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia