Question

alexandra reached home in the afternoon. that evening she held a family council and told her brothers all that she had seen and heard.
\i want you boys to go down yourselves and look it over. nothing will convince you like seeing with your own eyes. the river land was settled before this, and so they are a few years ahead of us, and have learned more about farming. the land sells for three times as much as this, but in five years we will double it. the rich men down there own all the best land, and they are buying all they can get. the thing to do is to sell our cattle and what little old corn we have, and buy the linstrum place. then the next thing to do is to take out two loans on our half-sections, and buy peter crows place; raise every dollar we can, and buy every acre we can.\
lou held his head as if it were splitting. \everybody will say we are crazy. it must be crazy, or everybody would be doing it...\
select two phrases from paragraphs 5-6 that indicate that oscar is seriously considering alexandras suggestion.
□ \oscar sat figuring at his fathers secretary all evening\
□ \before bedtime oscar went out for a pail of water\
□ \when he did not come back\
□ \she found him sitting there with his head in his hands\
□ \but he did not stir\
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Explanation:

1. "Oscar sat figuring at his father's secretary all evening" shows Oscar spending significant time calculating/working through the details of Alexandra's suggestion, indicating serious consideration.
2. "She found him sitting there with his head in his hands" conveys Oscar is deeply focused, stressed, and ruminating on the weighty suggestion, a sign of serious consideration.

The other phrases describe neutral actions or lack of movement that do not indicate active, serious consideration of the suggestion.

Answer:

• "Oscar sat figuring at his father's secretary all evening"
• "She found him sitting there with his head in his hands"