Short-response prompt (15 points) Read the following passage from the beginning of Stephen Crane's 1897 story "The Open Boat." In the passage, four men are stranded at sea in a small lifeboat after their ship sinks: None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level, and were fastened upon the waves that swept toward them. These waves were of the hue of slate, save for the tops, which were of foaming white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and wi
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