Answer:
C. in the rainy season
Explanation:
The roads are often impassable <u>in the rainy season</u>, but year-round air and ferry services are available.
<span>Well underlying message technically just means the "theme" of the story. So basically when you read this story ask yourself this: "What does the author want me to thing or feel while i read this?" And whatever your answer is to that is the theme.</span>
I believe it is C. A rhetorical question is a question you do not need to answer/answer out loud because it may be obvious depending on the question...