Answer: B. Local partridges are undeterred by the harshness of winter and manage to find food in any circumstances.
Explanation: The story written by Henry David Thoreau was first published with the name of "Walden" in the year of 1854. It was later on known and renamed to "Life in the Woods". The text is a reflection on natural surrounding eviroments and a simple and natural way of life, as read in the paragraph above, there is depictions of the nature according to the season of the year and the behavior of the local fauna.
The correct punctuation would be “Although he thought that she was the best looking girl in the school, he was, understandably, afraid to talk to her.” Therefore C is the correct answer.
