Near the beginning of the passage, the narrator says, "A deformed oak tree had obscured it for years." As used by the narrator, which of the following statements accurately describes something that has been obscured?

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went