In this excerpt from "the ransom of red chief," how does the author reveal information about bill and the boy, johnny? when i got to the cave i found bill backed up against the side of it, breathing hard, and the boy threatening to smash him with a rock half as big as a cocoanut. a. by describing their decisions b. by describing their words c. by describing their actions d. by describing their interaction with other characters e. by describing other characters' reactions to them

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.