All of the following quotes from "The Swimming Contest" are intended to foreshadow the future conflict between the narrator and Abdul-Karim except
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"But it's not true that we're driving the Arabs out. We are out for peace, not war."
"But it's not true that we're driving the Arabs out. We are out for peace, not war."
"Abdul-Karim is studying at the College of the Mufti," Nahida's father told us. "And he's in constant fear of your Haganah."
"Abdul-Karim is studying at the College of the Mufti," Nahida's father told us. "And he's in constant fear of your Haganah."
"Ahlan usahlan!" Abdul-Karim agreed. "Tomorrow morning, then. Now let's get back to the house and listen to some songs. We have a gramophone."
"Ahlan usahlan!" Abdul-Karim agreed. "Tomorrow morning, then. Now let's get back to the house and listen to some songs. We have a gramophone."
"If he ever manages to beat me here in the pool," Abdul-Karim said, "it will be very bad indeed. It will be bad for you too, Nahida. Bad for all of us."
"If he ever manages to beat me here in the pool," Abdul-Karim said, "it will be very bad indeed. It will be bad for you too, Nahida. Bad for all of us."
"But it's not true that we're driving the Arabs out. We are out for peace, not war."
Read the following passage from "Another Evening at the Club" in which Samia's mother describes her impressions of Abboud Bey, her daughter's suitor.
"You're a lucky girl," her mother had told her. "He's a real find. Any girl would be happy to have him. He's an Inspector of Irrigation though he's not yet forty. He earns a big salary and gets a fully furnished government house wherever he's posted, which will save us the expense of setting up a house—and I don't have to tell you what our situation is—and that's besides the house he owns in Alexandria where you'll be spending your holidays."
The details in these sentences lead a reader to understand that Samia's family
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is socially inferior to Abboud Bey.
is socially inferior to Abboud Bey.
has experienced financial difficulties.
has experienced financial difficulties.
enjoys spending the holidays in Alexandria.
enjoys spending the holidays in Alexandria.
intends to throw the couple a very large wedding.
intends to throw the couple a very large wedding.
has experienced financial difficulties.
Read the following quote from "The Ramayana."
"Sita, decked in ornaments and flowers, in the midst of her attendants, flashed on his eyes like a streak of lightning. She paused to watch Rama slowly pass out of view, along with his sage-master and brother. The moment he vanished, her mind became uncontrollably agitated. The eye had admitted a slender shaft of love which later expanded and spread into her whole being. She felt ill."
What is the most likely reason Sita feels ill after seeing Rama?
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She was sickened by how Rama looked at her.
She was sickened by how Rama looked at her.
She has experienced a feeling of love at first sight.
She has experienced a feeling of love at first sight.
She recognized Rama as someone who seemed dangerous.
She recognized Rama as someone who seemed dangerous.
She was stunned because Rama disappeared before her eyes.
She has experienced a feeling of love at first sight.
identify the sentence in which the underlined pronoun is used incorrectly.
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Watch where you're going!
Watch where you're going!
Have you turned in you're English paper?
Have you turned in you're English paper?
Do you remember you're giving me the key?
Do you remember you're giving me the key?
Your bicycle was left outside in the rain overnight.