Read this excerpt from “hills like white elephants” and answer the question. the woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads. she put the felt pads and the beer glass on the table and looked at the man and the girl. the girl was looking off at the line of hills. they were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry. “they look like white elephants,” she said. “i’ve never seen one,” the man drank his beer. “no, you wouldn't have.” in this excerpt, what does jig most reveal regarding her feelings about the american? she exposes her surprise that he is so unobservant. she wishes that he was more responsive. she divulges her disdain of his superficiality. she is mindful of his lack of sophistication.

Read the excerpt from “the railroad earth.” o well anyway i'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and sherman will like me some day, and anyway another day another dollar. the narrator of this excerpt can best be described as friendly.optimistic.wealthy.intelligent.

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful