Read paragraph 3: [3] On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling black veins out of the
backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that
pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking
dried fungus back to life. A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.
Which phrase in paragraph 3 DOES NOT help the reader understand the meaning of the phrase "littered with appalling mounds."
A)
"A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes"
B)
"A bowl soaking dried fungus"
)
"A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they
resembled bicycle tires
D)
my mother had outdone herself

If you wanted to figure out a topic and some details about that topic you would want to use a ?

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

Which is the best statement of what the speaker wants? a) to become a political leader b) to no longer have to plant crops c) to be treated fairly and equally d) to move to a country that respects women