Read the excerpt from "Stray." "I don't know where it came from," he said mildly, "but I know for sure where it's going." Which statement best analyzes how the excerpt contributes to the plot?

a Mr. Lacey doesn't have the time to take care of a dog. His laziness creates the main conflict in the story.

b Mr. Lacey is a cruel man who hates pets. This is why he decides to take the dog to the pound.

c Mr. Lacey loves pets but is allergic to dogs. He doesn't want to take the dog back, but he has no other choice. Mr. Lacey's allergy creates the main conflict of the story.

d Mr. Lacey doesn't think that they can afford the dog. He sets the plot in motion by creating a major conflict between himself and his daughter, Doris, who wants to keep the dog.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the first martian exits the spacecraft.a sudden chill came over me. there was a loud shriek from a woman behind. i half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. i saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. i looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. i stood petrified and staring.what option accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator's thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt? the war of the worldsa disdainful tone is created as the narrator ponders the ugliness of the tentacles and turns to the shrieking woman.a melancholy tone is created by the narrator's thoughts of fear and refusal to avert his eyes.a tone of determination is created when the narrator thinks of escape and backs away from the edge of the pit.a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder.