Question

Read the passage. A sharp wind gusts up from the deep glacier-cut valley, and it claws its way under my rain jacket. The cold fingers slither up my spine and send shivers down to my toes. I am resting on the landform that was the curse of thousands of people more than a century ago, during the Alaska Gold Rush in 1898. The Chilkoot Trail is 33 miles long; the pass, which is more than a mile in elevation, is near the halfway point. I glance up at the summit and think to myself, This is going to take a while, isn’t it? What is the writer about to do? A. hike to the bottom of the trail B. hike to the top of the trail C. stop to eat some lunch D. put away his jacket

Answer 1

B. hike to the top of the trail is what the writer is about to do. The writer glances up ( he takes a quick look upwards) at the summit ( the top of the mounatin) after evaluating some information. The lenghth of The Chilkoot ; the fact that the pass ( a road through the mountain) is some miles in elevation.

The underlined words indicate the direction the writer will take: to the top of the trail.

Answer 2

It's B, the writer is halfway to the top as at the same time "a sharp wind gusts up from the deep glacier-cut valley" it is also stated that "I glanced up at the summit" and then they say that it would take a while, implying that the writer is about to continue climbing up to the top of the trail.