Choose the sentence that contains an error in verb usage. a) most watercolorists begin with a blank canvas. eliminate b) then they will sketch their design using a pencil. c) to fly like a bird has long been a dream of humanity. d) the original pencil lines will be disappeared under all those layers.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?