Look closely at this line: “Jem stared at me so long I asked what was the matter, but got Nothing, Scout for an answer.” What does the elimination of the quotation punctuation do for this passage?

sis. it's been a while since a read that and had that class so i can't answer for u

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."

i would have to say "a" or "d".