When he read the passage, Neil thought the word restoration meant "rebuilding." Based on the passage, was Neil correct? 1. No, because that passage implies that Slocum's old nineteenth-century fishing boat cannot be rebuilt 02. Yes, because the passage tells how "rebuilding" refers to the special preparation required by his type of merchant ship. 3. No, because the passage states how Slocum needed to stop at various places along the way to have repairs done. 4. Yes, because the passage describes how Slocum needed to improve the condition of his boat before he could begin his journey.​

Based on context, the word “insoluble”most likely means?

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.

Geoffrey is writing a paper investigating friendly-fire incidents in recent us military actions. which paragraph topic would be relevant to his paper and would therefore merit inclusion in his final draft? a) a paragraph criticizing us military actions in the viet nam war b) a paragraph discussing how friendly-fire incidents are investigated c) a paragraph describing what basic boot camp is like for a new army enlistee eliminate d) a paragraph discussing how hard an extended military service can be on a family