Read this excerpt from The Early History of the Airplane by Wilbur Wright. Now, there are two ways of learning how to ride a fractious horse: one is get on him and learn by actual practice how each motion and trick may be best met; the other is to sit on a fence and watch the beast while, and then retire to the house and at leisure figure out the best way of overcoming his jumps and kicks.

Using context clues, what does the term fractious mean?

angry
frustrated demeanor
difficult to manage
heading in different directions

What is the significance of the novel's title? what is the "sweet hereafter"? a). a place you go after a tragedy takes your life b). a beautiful place the dead go, like heaven c). into the sunset, an ending that is not defined d). a dark sad place the dead go before rebirth

How does brian feel about working with stacey on the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.