QUESTION: Is "Goethe" the same as "his" in this sentence?
This book introduced Shakespeare to Goethe ; it was a major influence on *his* writing.
ANS: yes
QUESTION: Is "Arthur and Celeste" the same as "they" in this sentence?
The mothers of Arthur and Celeste have come to the town to fetch them. They are very happy to have them back, but *they* scold them just the same because they ran away.
ANS: no
QUESTION: Is "Sam's drawing" the same as "it" in this sentence?
Sam's drawing was hung just above Tina's and *it* did look much better with another one above it.
ANS: no
QUESTION: Is "Bill" the same as "him" in this sentence?
After I saw Bill catching flies and pulling off their wings, I boxed his ears. I showed the master the flies, some crushed and some crawling about helpless, and I showed *him* the wings on the window sill. I never saw him so angry before; but as Bill was still howling and whining, like the coward that he was, he did not give him any more punishment of that kind, but set him up on a stool for the rest of the afternoon, and said that he should not go out to play for that week.
ANS:
no