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The excerpt makes the reader want to keep reading to find out if the barbarians really exist and show up in the story. Thus, option B is correct.
What is the Heart of a Samurai?
The Heart of a Samurai is a historical fictional novel, somewhat based on true events of life. It's about the people traveling on the boat and the boat sank, and now they have to survive and further they get rescued by an American boat. it tells the story of Manjaro, and how he traveled.
In this excerpt, the author tells the story to his little sister about the barbarians and how they are evil. But after some time he feels some immense power and wants them to know about that, like screaming, images of monsters, and Fanged monsters.
The author wants to keep people in the anticipation of whether the barbarians are real or if they will come up in the story. Therefore, option B is the correct option.
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The correct question is:
Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
Everybody knew about the foreign devils—the barbarians. Did they really exist, Manjiro wondered, or were they just the inventions of adults to get children to behave? Even he had told his younger sisters, “Go to sleep—or the barbarians will come and get you!”
But now, in the dark of night, the wind screaming as he bailed bucket after bucket of freezing water out of the boat, images of monsters crowded his imagination. Fanged monsters with long, slashing tails, dagger-sharp horns, and icy blue eyes.
Which best states why the excerpt makes the reader want to keep reading?
to find out how many sisters, Manjiro left behind in Japan
to find out if the barbarians really exist and show up in the story
to find out about other types of stories adults invent for children
to find out why the boat became filled up with freezing water
