Camilla and briony could not agree on who would assume control once they reached the top of the platform. briony had tried to cue them, but camilla had missed it. the girls were irritating each other and evelyn knew it was crucial that they put their egos aside in order to work together. instead of reprimanding them, she encouraged the girls to take turns cueing the dive. the strategy worked: their next several dives were nearly flawless. from the side, it looked as if only one girl was diving instead of two. what is the best way to summarize paragraph 8? a) camilla and briony had to learn to work together on their own. b) evelyn stepped in at a crucial time to give camilla and briony some important advice. c) camilla and briony got on each other's nerves so much that they would not listen to each other. d) camilla and briony struggled to work together, but by using the advice from evelyn, however, they were able to work as a team.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”