In this excerpt, four men have survived a shipwreck and are trying, despite rough water, to get to shore in a small lifeboat.,end italics,%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0Afrom ,begin bold,The Open Boat,end bold,%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0AAs the boat bounced from the top of each wave, the wind tore through the hair of the hatless men, and as the craft plopped her stern down again the spray splashed past them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad, tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven.,superscript,1,baseline, It was probably splendid, it was probably glorious, this play of the free sea, wild with lights of emerald and white and amber.%0D%0A%0D%0A"Bully good thing it's an on-shore wind,,superscript,2,baseline," said the cook. "If not, where would we be? Wouldn't have a show."%0D%0A%0D%0A"That's right," said the correspondent.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe busy oiler nodded his assent.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen the captain, in the bow, chuckled in a way that expressed humor, contempt, tragedy, all in one. "Do you think we've got much of a show now, boys?" said he.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhereupon the three were silent, save for a trifle of hemming and hawing. To express any particular optimism at this time they felt to be childish and stupid, . . . On the other hand, the ethics of their condition was decidedly against any open suggestion of hopelessness. So they were silent.%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A(from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane)%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A,fill in the blank, %0D%0A%0D%0A,begin bold,,superscript,1,baseline, riven,end bold, torn apart%0D%0A%0D%0A,begin bold,,superscript,2,baseline, on-shore wind,end bold, a wind blowing toward the shore%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AWhich evidence from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, supports the inference that the men are distracted?%0D%0A%0D%0AAnswer options with 4 options%0D%0A1.%09%0D%0Athe silence of the men after the captain asks his second question%0D%0A%0D%0A2.%09%0D%0Athe description of the captain's chuckle as showing contempt and tragedy%0D%0A%0D%0A3.%09%0D%0Athe use of "emerald" and "amber," jewel names, to describe the sea's colors%0D%0A%0D%0A4.%09%0D%0Athe word "probably" in the description of the sea as "splendid" and "glorious"

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In this excerpt, four men have survived a shipwreck and are trying, despite rough water, to get to shore in a small lifeboat.,end italics,%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0Afrom ,begin bold,The Open Boat,end bold,%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0AAs the boat bounced from the top of each wave, the wind tore through the hair of the hatless men, and as the craft plopped her stern down again the spray splashed past them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad, tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven.,superscript,1,baseline, It was probably splendid, it was probably glorious, this play of the free sea, wild with lights of emerald and white and amber.%0D%0A%0D%0A"Bully good thing it's an on-shore wind,,superscript,2,baseline," said the cook. "If not, where would we be? Wouldn't have a show."%0D%0A%0D%0A"That's right," said the correspondent.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe busy oiler nodded his assent.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen the captain, in the bow, chuckled in a way that expressed humor, contempt, tragedy, all in one. "Do you think we've got much of a show now, boys?" said he.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhereupon the three were silent, save for a trifle of hemming and hawing. To express any particular optimism at this time they felt to be childish and stupid, . . . On the other hand, the ethics of their condition was decidedly against any open suggestion of hopelessness. So they were silent.%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A(from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane)%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A,fill in the blank,                         %0D%0A%0D%0A,begin bold,,superscript,1,baseline, riven,end bold,  torn apart%0D%0A%0D%0A,begin bold,,superscript,2,baseline, on-shore wind,end bold,  a wind blowing toward the shore%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AWhich evidence from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, supports the inference that the men are distracted?%0D%0A%0D%0AAnswer options with 4 options%0D%0A1.%09%0D%0Athe silence of the men after the captain asks his second question%0D%0A%0D%0A2.%09%0D%0Athe description of the captain's chuckle as showing contempt and tragedy%0D%0A%0D%0A3.%09%0D%0Athe use of "emerald" and "amber," jewel names, to describe the sea's colors%0D%0A%0D%0A4.%09%0D%0Athe word "probably" in the description of the sea as "splendid" and "glorious"

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The evidence from the passage that best supports the inference that the men are distracted is the silence of the men after the captain asks his second question.