Read the excerpt from the dark game.

mr. h. quickly began talking to his contacts in the city. soon he heard of a british printer in mexico city who had been falsely arrested for printing counterfeit money. mr. h. intervened with the british minister, who got the frightened printer released from custody and the charges against him dropped. the printer, overjoyed to be free, told mr. h. that he would welcome the opportunity to repay the agent for his intervention. as a matter of fact, mr. h. told him, there was a favor the printer could do for him.

why does mr. h. intercede on behalf of the british printer?

a. the printer is his close friend.
b. the printer can the british.
c. the printer is a fellow englishman.
d. the printer was falsely accused.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance