Which of these sentences from the passage best supports the idea that the men find the inner strength to continue? Answer choices for the above question Sometimes the oiler had to scull sharply to keep a sea from breaking into the boat, but otherwise sailing was a success. The cook and the correspondent were not now obliged to slave in order to hold high the oar. Of the four in the dinghy, none had slept any time worth mentioning for two days and two nights previous to embarking in the dinghy, and in the excitement of clambering about the deck of a foundering ship, they had also forgotten to eat heartily. The correspondent wondered ingenuously how in the name of all that was sane could there be people who thought it amusing to row a boat.

 Of the four in the dinghy, none had slept any time worth mentioning for two days and two nights previous to embarking in the dinghy, and in the excitement of clambering about the deck of a foundering ship, they had also forgotten to eat heartily.

Explanation:

This is in relation to the short story, The Open Boat  by Stephen Crane about his real life experience of surviving a shipwreck. The men on the boat had been trying to get to land but the waves were too strong the closer they got to shore so they had to stay at open sea fighting for their lives for 2 days.

None of them slept in this time yet continued to take turns rowing so that they would survive the ordeal. This shows that humans can find the inner strength to continue with a task because the men had not eaten neither had they slept, both of which can revive a person's strength, yet this did not stop them and they kept going until eventually they swam to shore.  

Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run."

Maybe she'd like to help me coach Raymond; she

obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see.

And she nods to congratulate me and then she smiles.

And I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect

between us. It's about as real a smile as girls can do for

each other, considering we don't practice real smiling

every day, you know, cause maybe we too busy being

flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something

honest and worthy of respect... you know ... like being

people.

The text evidence in this excerpt best supports the idea

that Squeaky  is tired of running and would rather coach.

O appreciates the strength of her competitor.

O is proud because she won the race.

O thinks people only smile a real smile when they win.

appreciates the strength of her competitor.

Explanation:

The text evidence in this excerpt that best supports the idea that Squeaky is tired of running and would rather coach is the fact that she appreciates the strength of her competitor.

According to the excerpt, Squeaky sees that Raymond is "serious as running" and Raymond nodded her congratulations and smiled at her which shows that Raymond was happy for Squeaky because she won the race and because of it, she appreciates her strength of character.