Answer:
A. The boat
Explanation:
"If you were to hit it you would knock the boat's brains out" & "She won't want to mount the reef; a boat hates shoal water." boats do not have brainsor wants- an exp. of personified writting.
Answer:
introduction or next two chapters
I'd say the answer is B, 'then soared to the uttermost reaches' - birds soar when they fly high, and it flies 'to the uttermost reaches', which clearly refers to a bird.
