Read the passage.

as my brother and i walked out the front door for the long hike to our grandma’s store, it felt like we had stepped into an oven. heat surrounded us and warmed our skin. slowly, deliberately, we walked down the country road and allowed summer to swallow us whole.

which of the following best summarizes the passage?

a.
upon leaving for their grandmother’s store, two siblings walked down a road in the hot sun.

b.
country roads are hot in the summertime.

c.
the grandmother’s store did not have air conditioning, and it was hot.

d.
children like to visit their grandparents in the summer.