Question

read the passage. there are several questions about this passage. a panther named mez has spotted a boa constrictor. from the lost rainforest 1 once dayrise 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 jerlo instead, and gets to four paws. she stares up at the 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 birdcalls 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 dayworld 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. 6 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 muster her courage to take even a step. this question has two parts. answer part a, and then answer part b. part a in paragraph 1, what does the phrase a triangle of exposed sky suggest? 1. the den provides a dark refuge for the family. 2. mez may be facing a threat if she leaves the den. 3. the sun reveals what was previously hidden by the darkness. 4. mez sees that the jungle is much bigger than she thought previously. part b which detail from the passage best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. \then pokes her way through the narrow of vines\ (paragraph 2) 2. \her eyes are too flooded with light to tell her anything\ (paragraph 4)

Explanation:

In the passage, the den is described as having thick walls that keep it dark, and the "triangle of exposed sky" is seen from inside the den. This implies that the den is a dark place compared to the outside sky, serving as a refuge for the family. For Part B, the fact that Mez has to "poke her way through the narrow ring of vines" shows she is leaving the dark den, which supports the idea that the den is a refuge.

Answer:

Part A: 1. The den provides a dark refuge for the family.
Part B: 1. "then pokes her way through the narrow ring of vines" (Paragraph 2)