The phrase "the undisputed prey of the first comer" suggests that the grapes were eaten by whoever found them first. Therefore, the correct answer is:
- They were eaten by whoever found them first.
In this excerpt from a novel, the narrator is considering purchasing land in North Carolina.,end italics,
from ,begin bold,The Goophered Grapevine,end bold,
I went several times to look at a place that I thought might suit me. . . . There had been a vineyard of some extent on the place, but it had not been attended to since the war, and had lapsed into utter neglect. The vines—here partly supported by decayed and broken-down trellises, there twining themselves among the branches of the slender saplings which had sprung up among them—grew in wild and unpruned luxuriance, and the few scattered grapes they bore were the undisputed prey of the first comer. The site was admirably adapted to grape-raising; the soil, with a little attention, could not have been better; and with the native grape, the luscious scuppernong, as my main reliance in the beginning, I felt sure that I could introduce and cultivate successfully a number of other varieties.
(from "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chesnutt)
Question
The narrator in this excerpt refers to the grapes on the vines as ,begin emphasis,the undisputed prey of the first comer,end emphasis,.
What does the phrase ,begin emphasis,the undisputed prey of the first comer,end emphasis, suggest about the grapes?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
They were destroyed by the first landowner.
2.
They were eaten by whoever found them first.
3.
They were saved by the gardener who first grew them.
4.
They were taken by whoever helped with the first harvest.
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