question: Youngsters who thought they could take on the whole army and win , the ones who laughed loudly , jocked around and looked sheepish when an officer came to complain about the noise . Ratchet had seen them start fighting seriously , he had seen some of them die on the battlefield and later in the Medbay because it was too late . He had seen them dying in the hallways because they had been deemed doomed by the people in charge of triage . Oh , how he hated that ... Those that survived ... he had seen their optics becoming harder , their faces becoming blank , he had seen the jokes die on their lips .

OPTIONS:
- How the joke , literally , died on their lips and they had never seen it coming .
- How those same young men were so carefree were then dying and injured soon after .
- None of the above choices .
- How the youngsters never knew how to fight seriously because joked too much .
Q: What might Ratchet be trying to reconcile in the story ?

answer: How those same young men were so carefree were then dying and injured soon after .

question: Who would have thought that planting pumpkins would lead to this , but these pumpkin seeds I planted , sprouted over the weekend . The seed package said that the big and beefy vines that will crawl out of these seeds will be the source of pumpkins that will weigh in at between 300 and 500 pounds . These pumpkins will be encouraged to do what I am hoping to avoid . My wife innocently asked if the pumpkins would ruin the yard by having baby pumpkins all over the place .

OPTIONS:
- He has no use for giant pumpkins and this was not his intention when he originally planted them
- Pumpkins are notorious for using an inordinate amount of resources from the soil and starving the other plants
- None of the above choices .
- He is afraid of the large pumpkins because they may fall onto and crush the other vegetables in the garden
Q: Why does n't the speaker want the pumpkins to become extremely large ?

answer: He has no use for giant pumpkins and this was not his intention when he originally planted them

question: A few years ago I was far away from learning about how to serve my pastor - in - training husband . I grew up in a non - Christian home . In high school , I was saved into a liberal church , where there was no discipleship , and our associate pastor was a woman . At home , I was not taught to pursue being a godly wife and mother -- my parents were very ' hands - off ' in their parenting .

OPTIONS:
- She 's unlikely to serve her husband but become a godly wife and mother .
- She 's likely to serve her husband and become a godly wife and mother .
- She 's likely to serve her children and become a good mother .
- She 's unlikely to serve her husband but become a good wife and mother .
Q: What 's her likely goal for the future in regards to the faith and marriage ?

answer:
She 's likely to serve her husband and become a godly wife and mother .