Cold is the adjective in this sentence because it is describing the snow as being cold.
This happens when Ruby becomes disappointed with Tom when the hose leaks and Ruby can no longer dive. The two stop hanging out, and Tom loses her friendship.
The light, then, is the light that her friendship brought to his life. Her friendship is light -- it is happiness and is joy to Tom. When the two friends stop hanging out, the light goes out of the marsh. The author is saying the joy has gone out of Tom's life.
I guess D? Because if it’s not necessarily taught but it’s caught I’d say that meant one learns NATURALLY and then can LEARN it better through teaching hope I helped
