Read the following excerpt from “a dark brown dog” by stephen crane. the child sat down on the step and the two had another interview. during it the dog greatly exerted himself to the child. he performed a few gambols [tricks] with such abandon that the child suddenly saw him to be a valuable thing. he made a swift, avaricious [greedy] charge and seized the rope. is this description of the dog direct or indirect characterization? why? a. direct. the narrator provides clear information about the dog. b. indirect. the narrator provides clear information about the dog. c. direct. the narrator uses words and thoughts to reveal character traits of the dog. d. indirect. the narrator uses words and thoughts to reveal character traits of the dog.

Read the passage below my men came pressing round me, pleading: 'why not take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it? we'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. we say put out again on good salt water! ' ah, how sound that was! yet i refused. i wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer – no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends. -the odyssey, homer what inferences can be made about odysseus based on his choice to stay and see the cyclops? check all that apply. a.odysseus does not care about his crew. b.odysseus is curious about what the cyclops is like. c.odysseus wants to see if the cyclops will give him anything. d.odysseus is scared of the cyclops. e.odysseus needs to show who is in charge by not following what his men say.