Read the following excerpt from "death by scrabble" by charlie fish.

i watch my wife's smug expression as she rearranges her letters. clack, clack, clack. i hate her. if she wasn't around, i'd be doing something interesting right now. i'd be climbing mount kilimanjaro. i'd be starring in the latest hollywood blockbuster. i'd be sailing the vendee globe on a 60-foot clipper called the new horizons—i don't know, but i'd be doing something.

all of the following statements about the first-person point of view in this excerpt are true except:
a.
the narrator is not a character in the story.
b.
the reader only knows what the narrator knows.
c.
the reader really gets to know the narrator's feelings.
d.
the feelings expressed by the narrator are subjective and may not be reliable.

In “a worth path” by eudora welty, how does phoenix distract the hunter ? a. she gets him to start dancing with her. b. she asks to see his gun. c. she gets him to focus on the dogs. d. she throws the nickel into the forest.

He said it was because a private detective sees the dark side of human nature. but whatever the reason, gill landers had an innate suspicion of politicians. when senator randy brill walked into his office on that summer day in august, mopping his flushed features with a monogrammed handkerchief, gill could think of no good reason to change his attitude. he'd only met brill once. that had been two years ago at a country club reception for state political notables. since then, he'd learned all he wanted to know about the senator's sinister reputation. gill sat back in his chair, put his feet on his desk, and fought to keep a poker face. but there was no way he could stop the chill that coursed along his spine like a rush of ice water. 29. in this paragraph, the word notables probably signifies that the persons so described a. would like to be politicians. b. are wealthy people. c. have political influence. d. are contributors to charity.

Wiesel interrupts the narration that begin with, "a few ss officers wandered through the room, " with a parenthetical insertion. explain the purpose of the insertion.