2 times 6 is twelve (if you need to show your work) and the answer is twelve.
I think there is a shift at “...assured him”. From reading the beginning, you would think the person is under arrest, “stay where you are”. But, the sentence goes on to say that the police officer ‘assured’ him that. He could’ve been in danger, so the officer was telling him that help was on the way, just stay put.
The correct answer is (C).
Answer:
The conflict in this story is racism and the author clarified this conflict by using racist words such as “Negro”, “Mulatto”: “When you say brown, do you mean he is a Negro?”, “So you're mixed?, You are a mulatto!”
Explanation:
The king and the duke were forced to leave the town as they had already hosted theater play shows in the town. Their performance was so bad that the audience wanted their money back. Luckily one of the audience members suggested to themselves that instead of getting their money back, they should let other townsmen come in and spend on the show and then maybe get their money back so that they do not appear stupid to have spent money on a worthless show.
Explanation:
The King and the duke cannot stay in the town for another night and so they flee with what money they collected in two days’ show.
Jim regrets having beaten his daughter. He beat her as she would not listen to him to close the door, repeatedly. Upon beating her he happens to realize that she was deaf and could not hear a thing.