In the following passage, a boy named alistair has joined a group of strangers whom he met
while traveling. select the best evidence to support the statement that alistair is not
particularly brave for his age.
if the men had intended to harm him, then they could have done it already. alistair
wasn't as strong or as fearsome as a bull. even for a twelve-year-old boy-which is
what he was, after all-he was considered timid.
at the edge of the forest, the group passed by an enormous blackened tree stump.
it was even thicker than the sequoias alistair had seen during a family trip out
west, and though he wanted to examine it closer, the tall man advised against it.
from aaron starmer, the whisper. copyright 2015 by aaron starmer