"they are not regular oyster pirates," nicholas continued. "they've just come down for the lark and to make a few dollars. but we'll have to watch out for them."

this reference to barchi and his men is an example of
a. foreshadowing.
b. flashback.
c. allusion.
d. irony.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

determination

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.