Charles couldn't stop thinking about the field day. There were all sorts of relay races. The funniest race was moving water from one bucket to another using only a sponge. The most interesting contest was spitting watermelon seeds. Charles won this contest by spitting a seed the farthest. In the paragraph above, which component is missing? the topic sentence the closing sentence the unifying sentence the supporting senten

And you think it's ... ?

closing sentence

I agree.

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.
What can be infer about the narrator and the officer from this excerpt?

A.They are sympathetic to Abdul-Karim's political cause
B.They do not consider themselves to be Arab
C. They are all soldiers
D. They expect to win the war

A. They are sympathetic to Abdul-Karim's political cause

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.
What can be infer about the narrator and the officer from this excerpt? Explain

A.They are sympathetic to Abdul-Karim's political cause
B.They do not consider themselves to be Arab
C. They are all soldiers
D. They expect to win the war

The correct answer is A. They are sympathetic to Abdul-Karim's political cause. The use of the phrase "that Arab of yours" indicates that the officer does not view Abdul-Karim as a valuable or respected individual. The narrator's action of turning over Abdul-Karim's body and the observation of his peaceful expression despite being killed suggest that the narrator feels sympathy for Abdul-Karim's cause. The final sentence "There, in the courtyard, it was I, all of us, who were the losers" implies that there is a sense of defeat or hopelessness among the group, further supporting the idea that they are sympathetic to Abdul-Karim's cause and feel like they have lost something important.