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Now get ready. Wait till I give the word. She won't want to mount the reef; a boat hates shoal water. Stand by--wait--WAIT--keep her well in hand. NOW cramp her down! Snatch her! snatch her!'

What thing is being personified as a "she" in the selected lines?
A) the boat
B) Mr. Bixby
C) a swordfish
D) the captain’s wife

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the answer would be the boat have a nice day
User Anh Tuan
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The answer is A, the first one. This is clear by the first bit of dialogue, and most of the other option choices are obviously wrong once you look at them long enough. Therefore, A must be the answer.
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