He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people. which sentence best summarizes this section?
a) he and the russians were following his people over lowlands and divides, bent on exterminating them.
b) his people were in front with the russians behind them. the russians wanted to kill them all.
c) his people were following him over steep divides and swampy lowlands. they wanted to kill him.
d)the russians joined with his people to follow him over the steep divides, bent on killing him.