2. Which quotation from the text best highlights the man’s ignorance to the potential dangers of nature? A “Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that

A. “Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That
there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered
his head." (Paragraph 3)
B. “He would be in to camp by six o’clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys
would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper would be ready.”
(Paragraph 4)
C. “The man’s red beard and mustache were likewise frosted, but more solidly, the
deposit taking the form of ice and increasing with every warm, moist breath he
exhaled.” (Paragraph 7)
D. “Sometimes there were alternate layers of water and ice-skin, so that when one
broke through he kept on breaking through for a while, sometimes wetting
himself to the waist.” (Paragraph 11