Read this sentenece from paragraph 3. The loud throb of their alien-sounding, high-pitched screeches fills the air.

What does the author's word choice suggest about the sound that cicadas make?

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.