When you come to an unfamiliar word, you can discover its meaning by

examining the sentence's verb tense
looking at the syllable breaks
substituting a synonym
summarizing the whole text

What do the words spoken by the mouse in paragraph 3 tell us about her character?

Why should college athletes not get paid for play claim: state the point of a of why they shouldn't then direct quotation to support why they shouldn't then explain a point b then direct quotation to support point b that you just answered above

According to the speaker, decisions in west african villages are made through discussions led by heroic nobles wise historians elected representatives appointed chiefs