Which sentence contains the correct use of a colon? A. They saw buffalo and elk grazing in the meadow and drinking from the stream: around 630 p. m.

B. The Alaskan gold rush began in 1886: Fortymile Creek on the Yukon River was one famous site.

C. There were some things he forgot to bring along for his trip: a flashlight, gloves, and matches.

D. Life was tough in the winter: because there was daylight for only three hours a day.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance