60 POINTS PLEASE HELP!!
Part A
What lesson does Mr. Bixby try to teach the narrator in “A Cub Pilot”?
A. not to be so certain of his own abilities
B. to keep a cool head in tense situations
C. to know when he is being tricked
D. not to rely on his existing knowledge Question 2
Part B
Which statement from “A Cub Pilot” best supports the answer in Part A?
A. “You shouldn’t have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge. Try to remember that. And another thing: when you get into a dangerous place, don’t turn coward."
B. “When the apprentice has become pretty thoroughly acquainted with the river . . . he presently begins to imagine that it is his courage that animates him.”
C. “The idea of being afraid of any crossing in the lot, in the daytime, was a thing too preposterous for contemplation.”
D. “Mr. Bixby . . . sent somebody down to the forecastle with some mysterious instructions to the leadsmen . . . and then Mr. Bixby went into hiding behind a smokestack where he could observe results.”