Question

read the passage. there are several questions about this passage. from the lost rainforest 1 once day - rise is over, once the sun is high in the sky and currents of heat have begun to curl the edges of the den, mez gingerly lifts chumbas leg off her chest, placing it across jerio instead, and gets to four paws. she stares up at a triangle of exposed sky. long moments go by, and mez never moves, falling deep into a hunter trance. then - there! - she sees the flash of green and tan again. nose low to the ground, mez slinks toward the opening. 2 the walls are thick enough to keep the den dark, but there are points of light behind the brambles, like stars. mez takes one last look at her sleeping family, and then pokes her way through the narrow ring of vines. 3 she pauses, blinking. 4 at first the world outside is pure and dazzling white. adapted to darkness, her eyes are too flooded with light to tell her anything. for a long moment, all she can do is listen. the bird - calls are different in daytime, more songs than hoots. no frogs croak. there are more sounds of flying insects, more whining sounds of tiny wings. as she holds still, eyes streaming tears, the day - world comes into better view. 5 its so bright! shes relieved that at least its still the jungle she knows out there, that the shapes are the same even if the colors are saturated and loud. here are the same treetops draped in liana vines, the same broad - leafed ferns, deep green mosses even darker in contrast to the radiant blue above. mezs gaze darts through the flood of daylight, flitting between the movements of individual leaves, the columns of ants streaming across sun - drenched ferns, a pair of shrikes following each other from branch to branch singing all the way. under such an onslaught of information, she has to which statement best describes what the details in paragraph 5 reveal about mez? 1. mez finds comfort in consistency. 2. mez enjoys being surrounded by nature. 3. mez likes the discovery of colors in the world. 4. mez learns many new things about her environment.

Explanation:

In paragraph 5, Mez is relieved that the jungle is still recognizable despite the bright - ness and color saturation. This shows she finds comfort in the consistency of the jungle's shapes and elements.

Answer:

1. Mez finds comfort in consistency.