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Read the beginning of Jacob's short story.

You could say I have already met a lot of interesting people in my life-which is not bad, consideringam only 16 See during the summers)
work with my dad and my brother at the boat docks. We rent salboats and cances and sell supplies for folks heading out to Harker's Sound for the
day
Recently, one of those summer weekends had a pretty typical starts saw a group coming our way nothing special, a couple of adults with
some teenagers trailing behind. I heard a woman say. We rent the cances right over there right Trenton and suddenly I went from the happiness
of working to a feeling of dread. As I looked more carefully at those teens, my suspicion was confirmed there was my archenemy Trentorn. We
hadn't gomen along since we tied at last year's road race. He liked winning So did (but I didn't mind sharing the victory.
seadying breath and put on my most professional smile
I took a
Which sentence, if used in the blank, would best help introduce the character of Trenton to the reader?
O1. While they approached everyone was talking and laughing Trenton included
2. The dock was not all that wide and the group had to walk a line with Trenton in the back
2. By the way he was swaggering like he owned the place I realized Trenton had chosen our boats on purpose
O4 As Trenton and his family took in the sights of the dock, ther heads were bobbing up and down just like the boats

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Answer: (3) By the way he was swaggering like he owned the place I realized Trenton had chosen our boats on purpose.


Explanation: This answer describes Trenton’s personality and gives a reason as to why Jacob does not like him and why Jacob considers him as an archenemy since Trenton appears annoying or obnoxious here.
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