Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? “That snake would pay for preying on helpless victims! The tabby sprang for the coiled serpent like a bolt of striped lightning!”

“The magician awoke with the snake’s dying hiss. He found the injured cat lying nearby and guessed what she had done.”

“He’d been traveling forever, it seemed. So when he spotted a tree with gnarled roots, he had to lie down among them to rest.”

“The snake recalled that this was the very man who had surprised it sometime earlier, just when the snake was about to dine on a tabby cat for breakfast.”