In paragraph 9, what the phrase "drew him on by artful questions" means is that he questioned him to try to gain privileged information.
He had to find out some information that was very important to him, so he started questioning him furtively so as to get to the bottom of things.
Answer:
Clayton asked his mother if he could take the bus to the skate park
Answer:
A shortfin mako is a kind of shark that can leap 20 feet out of the water.
Explanation:
Umm maybe questions like what the character is doing , the feelings of where the character is at and maybe the setting of the place.