With his head and legs pulled in against him and his body
pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself that
he could not stand all of this much longer. they were
emptying his room out; taking away everything that was
dear to him.
which word from the passage best contributes to the story's desperate tone?
o a. head
o b. legs
o c. longer
o d. forced

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died