Question

marty
\okay,\ says paul, \what are they?\
\first, you need a good pair of boots.\ marty takes out his boots and shows them to paul. \boots keep your feet dry, they keep you from falling, and they make it so your feet dont hurt after days of walking.\
marty puts his boots in the bag.
\second, you need a map.\ marty takes out his map. \it is important to have a map. if you dont have a map, then you wont know what is in front of you. you could hike into a river, you could hike up a mountain or you could even hike off a cliff!\
marty puts his map aside and takes out his compass.
\third, you need a compass, as a compass tells you which direction you are going. it tells you whether you are walking north, south, east, or west. now, look at the map.\
paul looks at the map.
\imagine you need to get water. the river is west, so if you need to
according to the passage, a compass gives information about
a direction
b temperature
c time
d speed

Explanation:

From the passage, Marty says "a compass tells you which direction you are going. It tells you whether you are walking north, south, east, or west". So a compass gives information about direction. Option B is about temperature (compass doesn't measure that), option C is about time (compass has nothing to do with time), option D is about speed (compass doesn't measure speed). So the correct option is A.

Answer:

A. direction