What is the central idea of the story? A.
Juan thought of a way to trick a friend out of money and when Juan realized he
made a mistake he gave his friend his money back.

B.
Juan’s friends decided to play a trick on him. His friends gave him a beautiful,
painted hat that allowed Juan to get free items at the local stores.

C.
Juan thought of a way to trick a friend out of money. Even though Juan realized he
had made a mistake, he refused to return the money to his friend.

D.
Juan sold his friend a magical hat. The magic would work only for Juan, so Juan
returned his friends money.

Reread paragraph 1 of “welcome to ‘rise of the knights.’” which word from the paragraph does not create a tone of enthusiasm?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

What do you call a person who is mean in school?