Which statement would the author most likely AGREE with? (A) Regulating the equipment used in hunting would best prevent poachers from killing the animals.

(B) Laws that ban importing ivory and rhino horn are the most effective way to combat poaching.

(C) Poaching is the sole cause of dwindling numbers of elephants and rhinos.

(D) People's desire for ivory and rhino horn is most responsible for the animals' declining populations.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.