How can an author reveal more information about a character?
a. by describing objects that are important to the character
b. by asking the reader to use preexisting knowledge
c. by explaining what events in the story are true
d. by withholding information about the character

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

“generally, however, the term robot refers to any machine that is able to perform a complex task on its own, but whose actions or tasks are controlled by human programming.”