Question

Select the TWO best answers from "The Oasis: Africa" that support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind. Question 7 options:

"Sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."
"Besides, the infidel was known to carry money, a sum that camp-fire talk had inflated to large proportions."
"Sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."
"Lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, I sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber."

Answer 1

I belive the correct answers are: A and C

"Sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."

"Sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."

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