Reread this part of the story. Which detail tells the MOST important thing that happens to Habib?
The bear throws the branch
down.
A fly lands on Habib's nose.
No sooner had Habib dozed off than a fly came
buzzing around his face. The bear, quickly brushed
it away, but it circled back and landed on Habib's
forehead. This time the bear swished wildly with
the branch. The fly darted away in a frenzy, but
seconds later, it came back. The fly landed right on
Habib's nose
Now in a rage, the bear threw down the branch. He
yanked a stone-hard fig from the tree and hurled it
at the fly.
The bear missed the fly, but not Habib's nose.
Habib awoke with a yelp and, of course, lost no
more time in sending the bear away. Then he took
up his basket and set to work picking figs, glad to
be rid of his "helper."
Habib gets hit in the nose with a
fig.
The bear swishes wildly with the
branch

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

Read the following excerpt from the declaration of independence: when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations to prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. how do the authors of the declaration best use deductive reasoning to support the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government? o a. they first establish the widely accepted belief that governments derive their power from the people. o o b. they list the colonists' grievances against the british monarchy, starting with the king's refusal to "assent to laws." o c. they first establish the idea that declaring one's intentions is a decent and expected measure. o d. they follow his initial statement by pointing out that the colonists do not take these measures lightly.

What is the connotation of the word "empty"? the area looks run-down the area looks scary. the area looks barren. the area look fragile