Question

The porcupine women of this world (lines 76-77) are best described as people who

• A. plan inadequately for their own needs
• B. postpone necessary work in favor of leisure
• C. depend heavily upon help from their close friends
• D. return repeatedly to their favorite places
• E. flee quickly from any laborious task

Answer 1

The correct option is A plan inadequately for their own needs

The porcupine women of this world are best described as people who are inadequately prepared or do not plan well for their own needs. "The story is not, however, without its moral for the porcupine women of this world. Her stated aim is to go hunting, and yet she sets out without the three essentials of that endeavor: a sack in which to carry home her game, a needle with which to sew up the intestines, and, most important, an implement with which to hunt and defend herself." This extract from the passage supports the above claim. Thus A is the answer.