Question 7 unsaved select the two best answers from "the oasis: africa" that support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind. question 7 options:
"sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."
"besides, the infidel was known to carry money, a sum that camp-fire talk had inflated to large proportions."
"sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."
"lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, i sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber."

i'm pretty sure it is 1) wants to hide her true feelings about robert. i'm sorry if it is wrong. good luck! : d

the answer is irony!

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.