Question

questions 1 through 12 refer to the following. (the following passage is excerpted from a book published in the twenty - first century. the author is beginning to train a hawk.) the goshawk is staring at me in mortal terror, and i can feel the silences between both our heartbeats. her eyes are luminous, silver in the gloom. her beak is open. she breathes hot hawk breath in my face. it smells of pepper and musk and burned stone. her feathers are half - raised and her wings half - open, and her scaled yellow toes and curved black talons grip the glove tightly. it feels like im holding a flaming torch. i can feel the heat of her fear on my face. she stares and stares. seconds slow and tick past. her wings are dropped low; she crouches, ready for flight. i dont look at her. i mustnt. heres one thing i know from years of training hawks: one of the things you must learn to do is become invisible. its what you do when a fresh hawk sits on your left fist with food beneath her feet, in a state of savage, defensive fear. hawks arent social animals like dogs or horses; they understand neither coercion nor punishment. the only way to tame them is through positive reinforcement with gifts of food. you want the hawk to eat the food you hold - its the first step in reclaiming her that will end with you being hunting partners. but the space between the fear and the food is a vast, vast gulf, and you have to cross it together. i thought, once, that you did it by being infinitely patient. but no: it is more than that. you must become invisible. imagine youre in a darkened room. you are sitting with a hawk on your fist. she is as immobile, as tense and sprung as a catapult at full stretch. underneath her huge, thorny feet is a chunk of raw steak. youre trying to get her to look at the steak, not at you, because you know - though you havent looked - that her eyes are fixed in horror at your profile. all you can hear is the wet click, click of her blinking. how does the rest of the passage address the \seconds\ mentioned in paragraph 1? a. it recounts events immediately leading up to the seconds in greater detail. b. it explains how the author copes with what occurs during the seconds and explores why she does so. c. it examines different ways to address the concerns raised during the seconds. d. it suggests that the seconds were much longer than they seemed

Explanation:

The passage describes the author's experience and interaction with a hawk during training. The part about "seconds" seems to explore the author's emotional and psychological state during the process, explaining why she behaves or feels a certain way during those moments.

Answer:

B. It explores why she does so.