As you know, water evaporates in heat, and tropical places are usually very hot! Tropical implies "ocean" so, when an ocean evaporates it leaves a sandy ocean floor, which is a desert, but there are lake sized "puddles" of salt water left over, which is why there is a big salt water lake in the middle of Utah.
The suitors must string Odysseus's hunting now that he knew how to string. After that, they have to shoot an arrow through twelve axe handles. If they completed this, they would win her hand in marriage.
The answer is A i believe.
2) The memory of the daffodils can bring him happiness.