Read the excerpt from "The Fish I Didn't Catch." I made a strong pull, and brought up a tangle of weeds. Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty. I looked at my uncle appealingly. "Try once more," he said; "we fishermen must have patience."

A. How does the use of the word appealingly affect the meaning of the excerpt?

B. It shows that the boy understands why he has yet to catch a fish.

C. It shows that the boy is asking his uncle for advice.

D. It shows that the boy is blaming his uncle for his failure to catch a fish.

It shows that the boy is about to give up on fishing.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.