1. read the following sentence from "the swimming contest."

"when he saw me coming up the officer said, 'we've lost that information, dang it! they've killed that arab of yours.'

'we've lost it,' i said.

i went over to abdul-karim's body and turned it over. he looked as though he had seen me swimming in the pool a few moments ago. his was not the expression of a man who had lost. there, in the courtyard, it was i, all of us, who were the losers."

after reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator is upset because

a. he knows abdul-karin was hiding secrets
b. he realizes abdul-karim was never his friend
c. he understands that abdul-karim did not fear death
d. he regrets his involvement in the sudden turn of events.

i can't decide for this question. i think its d, but could it also be c?

The reader can most likely conclude that the narrator is upset because:

D.  He regrets his involvement in the sudden turn of events.

The Swimming Contest by Benjamin Tammuz is an account of an Arab kid and an Israeli kid. This occurred around the time where there was tremendous pressure between the Arabs and the Jews. Unfortunately, the Jewish man needed to observe his beloved companion, Abdul-Karim, bite the dust in light of the conflict.  

The Swimming Contest closes with the creator mulling over the way that he and every one of those present around him have lost significant information because of the demise of Abdul Karim.  

The Swimming Race is a reaction to the Israeli-Arab struggle, with the opposition between a Jewish kid and an Arab kid turning into an analogy for the battle between the two people groups in which there are no champs, just failures.

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the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

c. barbarians with unexpected intelligence