Asked by puyr

Use the sentence to answer the question.

After taking a job as a delivery driver, Malcolm soon found out that the backroads in his small town were an elaborate web.
Which clarifying statement could be added to this metaphor to make it an analogy without changing its meaning?
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Responses

He never realized how many spiders lived in his town, and how large and scary they were.
He never realized how many spiders lived in his town, and how large and scary they were.

The road that he lived on was long, but when compared to the others, it was just a short detour.
The road that he lived on was long, but when compared to the others, it was just a short detour.

After only a few days, he decided that he didn’t want to be a delivery driver any longer.
After only a few days, he decided that he didn’t want to be a delivery driver any longer.

Every road was connected, and each was harder to transverse that the one before it.
Every road was connected, and each was harder to transverse that the one before it.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Every road was connected, and each was harder to transverse than the one before it."

Reason: This sentence explains the web-like qualities (many connected paths, complexity) and makes the comparison explicit without changing the original meaning. The other choices introduce unrelated details or change the meaning.