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But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees with the preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him. … It was perfectly clear to me what I ought to do. I ought to walk up to within, say, twenty-five yards of the elephant and test his behavior. If he … took no notice of me, it would be safe to leave him until the mahout came back.

What does the narrator in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell think of the elephant when he finds it?

He thinks it will go on another stampede.

He thinks it must be put down.

He thinks it is no longer dangerous.

He thinks it needs to be retrained.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

Bees don't eat flowers they gather nectar from them and take it back to the hive. complete, run on or comma splice

Drag the correct answer into the box to complete the sentence. i wore a new pair of shoes for a long walk