Question

Which best describes what happened to the frog in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"?

It was dying of an infection.

It was shedding a layer of skin.

It was being killed by a giant water bug.

It was playing dead.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. It was being killed by a giant water bug. I read the book and took the same test. Hope I helped!

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) "It was being killed by a giant water bug."

The book "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard is a narrative book that tells the story of the narrator's experience with nature.

At the beginning of the book, the narrator tells how a frog is sucked and eaten by a water beetle. This passage of the book is one of the most famous.

This nonfiction book was first published in 1974.