Read the selection. Then, choose the best answer to each question. from The Mountains of California by John Muir 7 Making your way through the mazes of the Coast Range to the summit of any of the inner peaks or passes opposite San Francisco, in the clear springtime, the grandest and most telling of all California landscapes Is outspread before you. At your feet lies the great Central Valley glowing golden in the sunshine, extending north and south farther than the eye can reach, one smooth, flower: Jakelike hed of fertile soil Along its eastern The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Read the following sentence from the passage. And after ten years spent in the heart of it, rejoicing and wondering, bathing in its glorious floods of light, seeing the sunbursts of morning among the icy peaks, the noonday radiance on the trees and rocks and snow, the flush of the alpenglow, ... . it still seems to me above all others the Range of Light... From the context of this sentence, what do you conclude is the meaning of the technical term alpengiow? QO A. the enthusiasm that mountain climbers show for their hobby B. a device similar to a flashlight, used by mountain climbers in high, snowy areas O . the thin air that is found at the upper range of mountains and that causes dizziness. QO D. the reddish light that often appears on mountains at sunrise and sunset Part B Which pair of phrases from the sentence in Part A provide clues to the meaning of alpenglow? O A. \"after ten years\" / \"rejoice and wondering\" Q B. \"sunbursts of morning\" / \"noonday radiance" C. \"trees and rocks and snow" / \"the heart of it" D. \"floods of light" / \"above all other\