"are you sure this is a good idea? " asked regan for the fifth time.
"think about how impressed everyone will be," horatio replied. "the entire freshman class will look up to us. in fact, i bet even seniors will be impressed by our courage."
"don't worry, regan," said orsino. "we're only going to walk through the old andreeson place and then go home. we'll stick together, and nothing will happen to us." his voice wavered slightly as they stood before the looming specter of the dark house. the three of them crept forward slowly, trying to forget the ghost stories and rumors they had heard.
"this looks even creepier than i imagined it," said regan. she followed horatio onto the rotting boards of the front porch. horatio walked confidently through the front door and into the living room.
"be careful of the steps that lead down to the living room," warned horatio. his friends stared at him in surprise.
"how did you know about that? " asked regan. "you act like you've been here before."
"yeah, what's going on? " orsino wondered.
"well, i have been keeping a little secret from you guys," admitted horatio. "the andreesons are related to my great-uncle. i grew up playing in this house, but i haven't been here since they abandoned it."
"so it's not haunted after all," said regan gratefully.
"i guess no one will look up to us for our courage now," groaned orsino.
"why not? " horatio asked as he wandered into the kitchen. "no one has to know that i've been here before. as far as they'll know, we were as brave as those guys on ghost trackers." suddenly, a door creaked on the second floor. regan grabbed orsino's arm as horatio raced back into the living room. even in the gloom, his face was as pale as a sheet.
"did you hear that? " horatio whispered. the three of them turned to face the stairs. a shadow darted down the steps and hurled itself at regan, who screamed in panic.
"it's okay," called orsino. "it's just a stray cat." the cat jumped into regan's arms and began to purr. she tried to stop her hands from shaking as she patted the cat and talked to it in soothing tones.
"let's get out of here," horatio said. "we've had enough excitement for one night."
"i think i'll name the cat casper," remarked regan as she carried her new pet outside. " goodness the only 'ghost' we saw tonight was friendly."

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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jefferson introduced the idea that one does not change a government for "light" causes because he wanted to emphasize the seriousness of colonists' reasons for declaring independence.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

clerical work ensures that an office runs smoothly. it involves the day-to-day administrative tasks of an office, such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, sending faxes, and filing documents. office clerks and secretaries need to have particularly strong clerical skills.

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