Asense of ocean and old trees
envelops and allures him;
tradition, touching all he sees,
beguiles and reassures him; 20
and all her doubts of what he says
are dimmed of what she

knows of days --
till even prejudice delays
and fades, and she secures him
which sentence best summarizes lines 21-24 from the poem?
a) because she is rather dim-witted, she knows there will be some good days and some bad days with him.
b) her hopes are dimmed that he will ever be a respectable man for her because he is prejudiced, and he possesses her.
c) she has no doubt about what he says as being truthful because if she delays, he may fade out of her life and he will secure someone else.
d) she knows him well enough to know he is unreliable, but this is not enough to keep her from securing him as her man.

In which text sample are the ideas organized most logically? a. a butterfly starts its life as an egg. the egg hatches to reveal a tiny caterpillar. the caterpillar eats a lot of leaves. it grows quickly, shedding its skin as it grows. this shedding takes place four or more times in a process known as molting. the caterpillar then forms a pupa or chrysalis. inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly transforms into a beautiful butterfly. b. the molting process is characteristic of caterpillars. eventually the caterpillar grows into a beautiful butterfly. the caterpillar eats a lot of leaves, growing quickly. as a result, it becomes too big for its skin, and it has to shed its skin four or more times. the caterpillar hatches from the egg laid by a butterfly. c. a tiny caterpillar hatches from the egg. the egg is the starting point of a butterfly’s life. when it becomes a caterpillar, it eats a lot of leaves. it grows quickly, shedding its skin as it grows. this shedding takes place four or more times. this process is known as molting. the caterpillar then forms a pupa or chrysalis. then the caterpillar slowly transforms into a beautiful butterfly. d. the caterpillar forms a pupa or chrysalis. inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly transforms into a beautiful butterfly. but where does the caterpillar appear from? a caterpillar hatches from an egg. the egg is the starting point of a butterfly’s life. when it becomes a caterpillar, it eats a lot of leaves. it grows quickly, shedding its skin as it grows. this shedding takes place four or more times in a process known as molting.