Explanation: By on the given excerpt from: The Catching of Unshelled FishOlive Green (Myrtle Reed), the correct meaning of the word elusive as it is used in this sentence would be option D. tending to escape capture or comprehension. Hope this answers your question.
The Vietcong set up checkpoints around the nation, so that would've definitely been a literal and figurative roadblock to any refugees. Hope this helped.
