That is incorrect. The correct punctuation would be:
Crossing a highway may be fatal for skunks, opossums, and squirrels.
Answer: The first one is the first option and the second one is the second option.
Explanation: The first one was easy to do because the second option was clearly a simile. The second one had the second option as the right answer because climbing a ladder and becoming a manager symbolizes thriving to get a role.
Answer:
D. ". . . and the wind rushing up the river shook the house that night, like discharges of cannon . . ."
Explanation: