Justify the statement "the use of a simple machine keeps the danger away".

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "blinded by our lights”? a the action in the poem takes place at night. b the weather makes the toads difficult to see. c another car is coming around the bend. d grampa is shining a lantern to see the toads.

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)