Della and I spent a great deal of our youth in the woods . Weekends " in the country " which equals at family property in Kent . Also Summers in Haines Alaska for a decade . The smell of earth and ferns and damp is the same .

Question: Why does the narrator get nostalgic by ferns ?
Answer: None of the above choices .It reminds them of their time with Kent .It reminds them of their youth .It reminds them of the one time they visited Alaska .