Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

TOMMY
That was the way they prepared things for the landing. They sent four people. A mother and a father and two kids who looked just like humans . . . but they weren't.

There's another silence as Steve looks toward the crowd and then toward Tommy. He wears a tight grin.
HURRY ITS TIMED
Based on the stage direction, the reader should visualize Steve as

mocking the crowd’s fear.
trying to scare the crowd.
mocking Tommy’s ideas.
trying to hide his fear.

The answer is D. trying to hide his fear

Explanation:

I took the test and it is correct

when reagan refers to freedom in this passage, he uses repetition as a rhetorical device. repetition is when the same words or phrases are repeated few times to make an idea stronger and more unforgettable. in this case, when he talks about freedom, he starts the sentence whit this word followed by a verb in present simple and after an advantage of being free.

explanation:

the answer is d)to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander