Question

Only birds would survive this sort of apocalypse. Birds, some snakes, any beast that could find higher ground ahead of the rising tide. He looked for fish. If he was floating atop water shared with the lake, surely fish had been swept into the city. And, on cue, he saw a murky form darting between submerged tree branches. What is happening in the excerpt?

Answer 1

The options:

zeitoun is considering the religious nature of the flood.

zeitoun rejoices at the sight of birds in the trees.

zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters.

zeitoun is contemplating the survival of domestic pets.

The CORRECT ANSWER IS

zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage in the question is an excerpt from the story of Hurricane Katrina by Dave Eggers. Through the passage, he expresses the hurricane encounter in the form of an apolycapses, thus connecting the occurrence to the massive destruction that will come upon the earth at the last days when the world would be destroyed according to the bible as seen in the book of Revelation. The hurricane was entirely horrible such that those animals which as no means to fly were swept away in the flood, inclusive of the fish living in the water.

Answer 2

in the above excerpt,

Zeiton Spot fish swimming in the flood water