What happens in the inciting incident in Aron's Gift?

How is the underlined word used in the following sentence? juan was elected president of his class. juan is underlined. a. subject b. predicate nominative c. direct object d. verb

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

Speaking rapidly in a large gymnasium causes your words to run together; making them hard to distinguish. true false