Need read the excerpt from the land, part 4. when ray sutcliffe left us, i said to my daddy, "you didn't ask me if i wanted to ride that man's horse." "no, i didn't." "well, why not? maybe i wanted to ride for him." based on this excerpt, which is a reasonable prediction? paul and his father will argue about paul riding sutcliffe’s horses. paul and his father will come to an understanding about sutcliffe’s horses. paul will agree with his father that he shouldn’t ride horses he doesn’t know. paul will get permission from his father to ride sutcliffe’s horses.

In "The Land", Part 4, by Mildred D. Taylor, based on this excerpt a reasonable prediction is that Paul and his father will argue about Paul riding Sutcliffe's horses. Paul rides one of his father's horses and wins a race. Ray Sutcliffe is very impressed by this and asks Paul's father if Paul can ride his horse in next day's race. Paul's father turns down the offering. Paul wants to ride Sutcliffe's horse and they continue arguing after Sutcliffe has left.

Paul and his father will argue about Paul riding Sutcliffe’s horses.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel