Read the comment by huck from chapter 23 of the adventures of huckleberry finn. i smelt sickly eggs by the barrel, and rotten cabbages, and such things; and if i know the signs of a dead cat being around, and i bet i do, there was sixty-four of them went in. what insight does this comment reveal about the character of huck? a. because of his past, huck has a tendency to always expect the worst from people. b. despite his lack of formal upbringing, huck has good intuition when it comes to reading situations. c. in spite of his past, huck tries valiantly to find some humor in every type of situation. d. as a result of his youth, huck has a tendency to grossly exaggerate certain situations.

B.

Explanation:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel written by Mark Twain.

In chapter 23 of the novel, after two successful nights of the show when the audience started realizing that they have been cheated. They came the third night to spoil the show by throwing rotten eggs and cabbages on the players.

But Huck noticed that the pockets of the audience were filled with sickly eggs and rotten cabbages so he sneaks out with Jim from the show.

This observation by Huck reveals that though he lacked a good upbringing, he had a good intuition to read the situation because he was able to analyze that the audience is going to throw those rotten eggs and cabbages if they start the show.

So, the correct answer is option B.

can you give us the options

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.