Question

filbert gets skunked
enter focus mode
\aunt, your dog does not smell good,\ said juan.
\well, he is a dog,\ ariel replied. \he never smells good.\
\i know, but today he smells worse than usual. i can smell him from across the room.\
ariel walked over to her dog, filbert. juan was right. filbert did smell very bad. \what did you get yourself into, boy?\ ariel asked her dog.
according to the passage, why might a skunk not want to spray an enemy?
a even skunks do not like the smell of their own spray.
b enemies attack skunks once they get sprayed.
c skunks have to get very close to the enemies when they spray.
d skunks can run out of their spray very fast.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: There's no indication skunks dislike their own spray smell as a reason to not spray enemies.
• Option B: The passage doesn't suggest enemies attack more after being sprayed.
• Option C: The passage gives no info about skunks needing to be close to spray enemies.
• Option D: Skunks have a limited supply of spray (they can run out quickly), so they might not want to waste it by spraying unnecessarily, which is a logical reason for not spraying an enemy.

Answer:

D. Skunks can run out of their spray very fast.