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<p>Please guys explain why my answer is wrong.</p>

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1) It was a daybreak when I awoke. 2) I was in Ethiopia on a field expedition. 3) I was camped on the edge of a small muddy river, about a hundred miles northeast of Addis Ababa. 4) I had been there for several weeks, acting as leader of a group of bird-watchers.</p>

<p>5)For a few minutes I linger in my tent, looking up at the canvas above me , black at first but quickly turning to green as the sun shot straight up beyond the rim of hills to the east. 6)Close to the equator the sun does that; there is no long dawn as there is at home in the United States. 7)It was still relatively cook, not more than 80 degrees.</p>

<p>8)For most of the Americans in camp this was the best. 9)The rocks and boulders that littered the landscape had bled away most of their heat during the night, they no longer felt like stoves when you stood next to them. 10)Unlike my fellow travelers I am a slow starter and much prefer to be up and about during the evenings and nights. 11)Sundown is my favorite part of the day. 12)I like to walk up one of the exposed ridges near the camp, feel the first stirrings of the evening air and watch the hills turn purple. 13)There I can sit alone for a while, thinking about the day just ended, planning the next.

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<p>Q1) I was in Ethiopia on a field (expedition. I was camped on) the edge of a small muddy river, about a hundred miles northeast of Addis Ababa.</p>

<p>Answer : <a href="expedition,%20camped%20on">i</a>* but I chose <a href="expedition,%20while%20I%20was%20camped%20on">i</a>*</p>

<p>Q2) Which words should be inserted after the best in sentence 8 to clarify the meaning?</p>

<p>Answer : <a href="part%20of%20the%20day">i</a>* but I chose <a href="weather">i</a>*.</p>

<p>Q3) Where in the essay would be the sentence below fit most logically?</p>

<p>Answer : <a href="After%20sentence%209">i</a>* but I chose <a href="after%20sentence%2011">i</a>*</p>

<p>Q4) The rocks and boulders that littered the land scape had bled away most of their heat during the night, they no longer felt like stoves when you stood next to them.</p>

<p>Answer : Change THE ROCKS to BECAUSE THE ROCKS but I chose *Add BUT before THEY NO LONGER*</p>

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<p>Some of the answer choices are missing???</p>

<p>Also I believe “but” would suggest a contrast but there is a correlation between the night weather and the heat next to the rocks. </p>

<p>Q3. Just makes more sense as part of the day, as you can’t clarify what type of weather it is? Only that the heat close to the rocks was gone at night.</p>

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<p>thank you, EricSnow</p>

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<p>You’re very welcome. Perhaps someone else can provide better clarification than I.</p>