I think you should read it yourself
Answer:
"the north and the west are good hunting ground"
"it is forbidden to go east"
"it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning"
Explanation:
The excerpt from "By the Waters of Babylon"(short story) by Stephen Vincent Benet narrates John's journey to New York who is a young man initiated into the priesthood. The story occurs in a post-technological world where the priests scavenge the "dead places" for metal where John discovers the ruins and finds the technologies that he wishes to bring back to their people. Thus, the above details best compliment the setting of the passage i.e. post-apocalyptic.
The answer would be (why)
I would describe a monkey's paw as smooth and warm
