Why does Ebenezer Dorset write, "You had better come at night, for the neighbors believe he is lost, and I couldn't be responsible for what they would do to anybody they saw bringing him back."
a. The neighbors might punish Johnny for running away.
b. The neighbors might harm the kidnappers when they realize the kidnappers took Johnny.
c. The neighbors might punish Johnny and the kidnappers for making a scene in their quiet town.
d. The neighbors might harm the kidnappers for returning Johnny because Johnny terrorizes them as well.
Part B
What quotation from the text supports the answer to Part A?
a. "We selected for our victim the only child of a prominent citizen named Ebenezer Dorset."
b. "The kid was in the street, throwing rocks at a kitten on the opposite fence."
c. "You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you?'"
d. "But what I saw was a peaceful landscape dotted with one man ploughing with a dun mule."