Martin turned on his walkie-talkie as he got out of the squad car. from the street, he could see there were several holes in the roof of the house and two broken windows. he had to push the door hard to open it, and the noise startled some animal that ran out the open backdoor. there was charred wood in the fireplace and fast-food wrappers littered the floor. had connie eaten one of those hamburgers? judging by the size of the footprints in the dust on the floor, it seemed unlikely, but the neighborhood kids said they had seen a girl their age hanging around this address. 2 which of these inferences can the reader draw from this passage? a. martin is worried about connie's diet. b. martin has entered an abandoned house. c. martin was hired by connie's father. d. wild animals often sleep inside houses. reset submit

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.