Answer:
Pearl S. Buck came into the world in 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her father, Absalom Sydenstricker, worked as a Presbyterian missionary in the small town of Chinkiang, which is just outside Nanking. Accordingly, Buck arrived in China at the tender age of five months. A Chinese amah nurtured her, imparting well-known stories and myths, and by age four, she was proficient in both English and Chinese. She also engaged in play with the local village children, allowing her to gain significant insight into Chinese culture
Explanation:
The accurate responses are:
- The aunt anticipates that the boy will accept her reasoning, but he does not.
He continues to inquire about the sheep, questioning where they are going and why the other field is preferable.
-The aunt thinks the boy will show interest in the cows, yet he does not.
She tries to divert his attention toward the cows, but his focus remains on the sheep.
The syllables with emphasis in the line "We wear our fingers rough with handling them" are: wear, fin, rough, hand, them.
This line exemplifies iambic pentameter, which alternates between unstressed and stressed syllables, beginning with an unstressed one. For example, WE is unstressed, then WEAR is stressed, continuing this pattern.
