I thanked him, and, turning from the main road, we entered a grass-grown by-path, which, in half an hour, nearly lost itself in
a dense forest, clothing the base of a mountain. In this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage, the phrase clothing the base of the mountain is used
A) to suggest that the mountain forest is impenetrable.
B) to suggest that the trees looked like clothes on the mountain.
C) to provide directions for the path through the mountain forest.
D) to describe the way that the trees surrounded the base of the mountain.
The answer that fits the blank provided above is BROTHER. This question is based on Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". So when Atticus returns home for the first time after the trial, Aunt Alexandra empathized for him and called him Brother. Hope this helps.
