According to the author of the editorial "It's Time for a Nation to Return the Favor," what was the reason New Orleans was flooded after Hurricane
Katrina?

A. An overabundance of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

B. The weakness of the levee system surrounding the city

C. An unexpected attack on the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

D. Too much oil and gas flowing off the city's shores

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died