13) Why does the author MOST LIKELY use the word stretches in the first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage?
A)
to emphasize the vast size of the desert
B)
to compare it to the desert in Antarctica
C)
to reveal that the desert is increasing in size
D)
to show that the desert is in the northern part of
Africa

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?