Please hurry! The book is Pax. Refer to Pax for a complete version of this text.

In the beginning of the story, why is the setting of the oak tree next to the road important to Pax?

A. Pax sees his first army truck and begins to understand what war is.

B. It is the place where he meets Bristle and starts a new family.

C. Pax builds a shelter and finds food on his own for the first time there.

D. It is the spot where Peter left him and where he expects Peter to return.