10. Read the following passage from "The Swimming Contest."

Stretching out my arms, I swam across the pool, then back again. I closed my eyes and waited to hear my mother's voice, urging me on: "Don't be scared! Swim fast!" But instead, I heard
Abdul-Karim say: "You beat me in America, but I beat you right here, in the pool."

Which of the following do the narrator's memories most likely reveal to the reader?

a. The narrator wishes that his mother were still alive.

b. The narrator realizes that Abdul-Karim is truly his friend.

c. The narrator wishes for a rematch with Abdul-Karim.

d. The narrator finally understands the true nature of the conflict.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Aclassmate is sending hurtful messages such as "you're stupid" and "you're ugly." this behavior can be described as denigration harassment cyberstalking exclusion

Which statement correctly analyzes how the passages work together to create a central idea?