Read this passage from "The Stone": Maibon tried now to pound the stone to dust with his heaviest mallet, but he could not so much as knock a chip from it. He put it against
his grindstone without so much as scratching it. He set it on his anvil and belabored it with hammer and tongs, all to no avail.
How does Maibon most likely feel after he "belabored it with hammer and tongs, all to no avail"?
O upset because he has injured himself with the tools
O tired because he has worked hard to try to destroy the stone
O proud because the magic is stronger than his tools
O relieved because the stone is still in one piece

Read the passage and choose the correct punctuation marks

The story is about a postmaster who is trying to adapt to the new life in the village of ulapur. in what way is the postmaster's life different from his life in urban calcutta?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.