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into the opaqueness, he forced himself upward, hand over hand. gasping, his hands raw, he reached a flat place at the top. dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs. what perils that tangle of trees and underbrush might hold for him did not concern rainsford just then. all he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea, and that utter weariness was on him. he flung himself down at the jungle edge and tumbled headlong into the deepest sleep of his life. when he opened his eyes he knew from the position of the sun that it was late in the afternoon. sleep had given him new vigor; a sharp hunger was picking at him. he looked about him, almost cheerfully. “where there are pistol shots, there are men. where there are men, there is food,” he thought. but what kind of men, he wondered, in so forbidding a place? an unbroken front of snarled and ragged jungle fringed the shore. he saw no sign of a trail through the closely knit web of weeds and trees; it was easier to go along the shore, and rainsford floundered along by the water. not far from where he had landed, he stopped. some wounded thing, by the evidence a large animal, had thrashed about in the underbrush; the jungle weeds were crushed down and the moss was lacerated; one patch of weeds was stained crimson. a small, glittering object not far away caught rainsford’s eye and he picked it up. it was an empty cartridge. “a twenty - two,” he remarked. “that’s odd. it must have been a fairly large animal too. the hunter had his nerve with him to tackle it with a light gun. it’s clear that the brute put up a fight. i suppose the first three shots i heard was when the hunter flushed his quarry and wounded it. the last shot was when he trailed it here and finished it.” he examined the ground closely and found what he had hoped to find—the print of hunting boots. they pointed along the cliff in the direction he had been going. eagerly he hurried along, now slipping on a rotten log or a loose stone, but making headway; night was beginning to settle down on the island. bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when rainsford sighted the lights. he came upon them as he turned a crook in the coastline, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. but as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous vocabulary development - opaqueness (oh payk nuhs) adj. lack of transparence lacerated (las uh ray tid) adj. cut or torn reading skill rainsford knows from the position of the sun that it is late in the afternoon. what can you infer about him from this information? literary analysis what evidence of recent conflict does rainsford see on his way through the jungle? list three examples. reading check does rainsford make it safely to land? circle the text that tells you.

Explanation:

1. Reading Skill: Since Rainsford can tell the time of day from the sun's position, it implies he has good survival - related knowledge and awareness of his environment.
2. Literary Analysis: The evidence of recent conflict Rainsford sees includes crushed jungle weeds, lacerated moss, and an empty cartridge.
3. Reading Check: The text "All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea" indicates that Rainsford made it safely to land.

Answer:

1. He has survival - related knowledge and environmental awareness.
2. Crushed jungle weeds; lacerated moss; empty cartridge.
3. All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea.