The correct answers are options B, C and D.
Marco Polo's cultural context are represented first in the quote about the malik of Homuz who had a castle. <em>Malik </em>means <em>king </em>in Arabic, and the Kingdom of Hormuz existed in the Persian Gulf between the 10th and 17th centuries.
Secondly, the cite about ships which made voyages in twenty days also refers to the cultural framework of Polo's time.
Finally, there is a reference to Saracen people, a term used to mention Muslims in the Middle Ages.
Susan invites Hamadi to go out Christmas caroling with her, her friends, and her family. While caroling, her friend Tracy breaks down in tears over the loss of a boy she has a crush on. Hamadi turns out to be an unexpected source of comfort and wisdom
They are suspicious because they do not go to church. they have been subjects of scary rumors for many years and this idea frightened the children in town. it is said that there is a ghost in the house, that they killed the creature inside the house and that Radl pecans might kill them.
Well, it depends on the genre of that non-fictional book. For instance, a mystery book would make the audience interested if there was an unsolved mystery included, but an adventure book, for instance, might hook the reader if it was actually based on historical events and something like the book described had actually happened. Therefore, for a fictional book, I would say all of these interest me depending on the type of book.
<span>The subtleties of life inside a bat colony can be found in a short piece by Margaret Atwood, titled My Life Inside A Bat Colony. The main subtlety mentioned in the piece is a bat's preference for "the subtleties of dawn and dusk", as opposed to the bright sun of the main part of the day. Another subtlety mentioned is a bat's fear of being tangled in human hair.</span>
