Please help me Which meaning of den defines the word as it is used in the sentences?

Carlos was reading an interesting book about a group of pirates who lived long ago. He learned that after raiding other ships, they returned to their den to count their gold and avoid being captured.

A a secret place for having meetings

B a dirty, messy place where people live or gather

C a part of a club for boys

D a hiding place for thieves or robbers

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. what is the "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a the grass b the toads c the mud d the rain

How does this image the reader to understand seismographs?

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.