The Peasant was in trouble. Her aged timbers groaned and shrieked as she plunged from the wave crests into the troughs. The wind rose; spray froze on her decks.
She had weathered fifty years of such batterings, fishing southeast Alaska's heavy winter seas. How much more could she
take?
Which line from the passage best helps create an image of cold, bitter conditions?
O 1. "The Peasant was in tropple."
O 2. "Her aged timbers groaned and shrieked"
3. "The wind rose; spray froze on her decks."
4.
"How much more could she take?"

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