Read the following excerpt from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain:I went meekly aboard a few of the boats that lay packed together like sardines at the long St. Louis wharf, and humbly inquired for the pilots, but got only a cold shoulder and short words from mates and clerks.How does Twain use an idiom in this excerpt?A.To show how Twain was deliberately made to feel unwelcomeB.To show a contrast between Twain's expectation and the reality of the situationC.To compare two unlike things, boats and sardines, by using the word likeD.To describe the way that the mates and clerks tapped Twain on the shoulder

From Twain's behavior when the Captain confronts him about what he has done to Brown, you can infer that Twain

Read the following excerpt from "I Sell a Dog" by Mark Twain:Twenty-four dollars a week would really have been riches to us if we hadn't had to support that jug; because of the jug we were always sailing pretty close to the wind.What is the role of the idiom in this sentence?A.To explain how the partners' fortunes were dependent on an outside forceB.To explain that bad habits are creating a bad financial situationC.To show that Twain was used to living a hand-to-mouth existenceD.To communicate Twain's disapproval of Swinton's fondness for whiskeySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The most likely reason that Ritchie badgers Twain is that Ritchie              *10 pointsis trying to get Twain to quit his job.is basically just as mean as Brownthinks it is amusing that Twain is now suffering as Ritchie had

What effect does the string of adjectives that Twain uses todescribe Brown have?

Early on, Twain says his young friends had "transient ambitions," meaning that                *10 pointsthey only wanted to work on the river and would not consider any other jobs.they frequently changed their minds about what they wanted to do.they knew they had to go to school for many years to reach their goal.