What do the characters' actions and stage directions
show?
Read this excerpt from The Golem.
There is wild disorder as neighbors, children, birds, cart-
peddlers, other livestock, all run into each other in the
frenzy caused by the chickens.
Suddenly, the people hear a loud roar, louder even than
the noise they've been making. Everyone stops - even the
chickens - and looks up the street to see the source of the
sound
A deep flood races around a corner and down the street
toward them, several feet high and carrying away
everything in its path. People, carts, animals, birds, all go
flying down the street, carried by the racing current.


A They have planned for a natural disaster.

B They are unprepared for this catastrophic event.

C The village has a large population of people.

D The village has many animals living in its perimeter.