In elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," what happens as they hike?

a. they walk together, side by side, just as they had in the distant past.

b. they keep hearing the sound of horses in the distance.

c. they see storm clouds approaching, and they have to run to reach their camping site.

d. the father walks swiftly and silently, getting ahead of his son, who has to hurry to catch up.

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"