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Read the excerpt from Holes. "That's a lot of sunflower seeds," the bus guard said. Stanley noticed a burlap sack filled with sunflower seeds on the floor next to the desk. "I quit smoking last month," said the man in the cowboy hat. He had a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm, and as he signed his name, the snake's rattle seemed to wiggle. "I used to smoke a pack a day. Now I eat a sack of these every week." The guard laughed. Which sentence from the excerpt contains a stated physical trait? A. "That's a lot of sunflower seeds," the bus guard said. B. Stanley noticed a burlap sack filled with sunflower seeds on the floor next to the desk. C. He had a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm, and as he signed his name, the snake's rattle seemed to wiggle. D. The guard laughed.

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The correct answer is C. He had a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm, and as he signed his name, the snake's rattle seemed to wiggle

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The physical traits of a character include aspects such as the character's height, clothes, general look, and other details that together make a character look in a particular way. In the text presented, the description of the tattoo of the character is part of the physical traits because this is a visual element that makes this character unique and determines the general appearance of the character. According to this, the detail that includes a physical trait is "He had a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm, and as he signed his name, the snake's rattle seemed to wiggle."

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