Tom said to Jane "Why are you so late? I've been waiting for half an hour"

Then misterpro5000 said, "Tom forgot to add a period to the end of his quotation." Heh, heh.

Explanation:

there's no period at after the sentence is done. it should be "...hour".

uncanny would be like unlucky or disaster. you can look for more in the dictionary or if you have text book then turn to a. 17 but it's different with textbooks.

the answer is d)to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander