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Which of the following phrases best describes Mr. Rayburn?


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All right reading people Here we go mrs scenting the

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ghost We're going to continue with the question barrage Which

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of the following phrases best describes mr rayburn What There

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are indications in the passage that mr rayburn could be

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all of these things So we'll need to be vicky

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First we can eliminate all the answer choices that are

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a stretch in describing them mr raber and we meet

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in the passage Sure ray likes a good newspaper but

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that doesn't necessarily mean he always has his nose in

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a newspaper or novel So give it to see He

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also appears to think things through in this conversation with

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lucy like d there Yeah but he also rose at

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once at his first conclusion So slow your roll ray

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We know that he's a widower but that only comes

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up is a minor detail in the paragraph So you

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know get rid of a there while almost everything he

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does in the passage shows his care for for lucy

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what with so many terrible fathers in literature it's nice

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to see one He's doing a decent job so you

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have the answer is b a devoted father

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