Answer Questions 1-9 based on The Lost Years of Merlin by TA. Barron. This is the same passage we read in class this week.

Read the sentence from paragraph 23 below:

"Its gray bark peeling, the old oak faced the ocean with the stance of centuries."

What does the imagery in the sentence suggest about the tree?

(1 point)

A. Its changing appearance

B. its unknown origin

C. its exotic location

D. its enduring strength