What is the meaning of the word, provisions, as used below?

our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. that's all we thought about. no thought of revenge, or of parents. only of bread.

question 8 options:

money

food

weapons

books

What does water came out from a rock mean in this poem and why is it compared to the radio waltz? time was away and somewhere else. the waiter did not come, the clock forgot them and the radio waltz came out like water from a rock: time was away and somewhere else.

Read these sentences from thr excerpt. what the most dreaded, that i most desired. what he most loved, i most hated. that which to him was a great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. which statement best explains why the author uses parallel structure to advance his purpose?

Nature is a recurring theme in early american literature. what view of nature does phillis wheatley provide in "an hymn to the evening"