The sentence that contains two independent clauses and a dependent clause is D) Since we had gone only a mile from camp, we could return before dark and we would not become lost. The dependent clause is <em>since we had gone only a mile from camp </em>The independent clauses are <em>we could return before dark </em>and <em>we would not become lost.</em>
"The sensation developed into pain that grew acute. And still he endured it, holding the flames of matches clumsily to the bark that would not light readily because his own burning hands were in the way, absorbing most of the flame."
