Which of the following quotations from Silent Spring best supports the answer to Part A? A. Along the roads, laurel, viburnum, and alder, great ferns, and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye through much of the year.
B. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens, the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was the shadow of death.
C. There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.
D. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.