Question

Select the correct texts in the passage.

Which two details work together to connect to the author's idea that the number of mosquitoes were increasing?
(4) On the Nyarling, in early July, the number was increased, being now 20 to 40. On a lake, later that month, there were 50 to 60. But when we
reached the Barren Grounds, the land of open breezy plains and cold water lakes, the pests were so bad that the hand held up for 5 seconds
often showed from 100 to 125 long-billed mosquitoes boring away into the flesh. It was possible to number them only by killing them and
counting the corpses. What wonder that all men should avoid the open plains, that are the kingdom of such a scourge

Answer 1

Details that indicate an increase in mosquito numbers are the rising counts from 20-40 to 100-125 on the hand in mere seconds and the depiction of the Barren Grounds as a heavily infested area.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks which two details in the passage suggest that the number of mosquitoes were increasing. The first detail from the given passage is the quantitative increase in mosquito counts from 20 to 40 in early July to 100 to 125 mosquitoes on the hand in just 5 seconds in the Barren Grounds. The second detail is the description of the Barren Grounds as a land of open breezy plains and cold water lakes, which articulates an apparent escalation in the mosquito infestation in this region, making it a 'kingdom of such a scourge'.

Answer 2

1. On a lake, later that month, there were 50 to 60.

2. It was possible to number them only by killing them and counting the corpses.

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