b. conflict
c. motivation
d. stage directions
B. We learned that the winner and still champion are going to compete in the race.
C. The chief and foremost expert in the field is speaking in the assembly today.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
A. The repetition shows the distance that the speaker has to travel before he finishes his job.
B. The repetition emphasizes that the speaker has accepted his responsibilities in life.
C. The repetition is a decorative feature and does not add to the meaning of the poem.
D. The repetition indicates that the speaker has found.
A black box is the answer.
The author is implying that A. The deer was not able to pick up his scent, and, therefore, he was able to take a picture of it right before he took off. The animal was close to him (only fifteen yards, but, because of his keen sense of smell, a deer can actually detect an odor even it comes from several hundred yards away, or even if it is a very faint odor), but presumably because there was no wind or breeze that could drift the author's scent, or the wind was in the author's face, he was able to take a shot of him.