input: Text: <unk>!-- $Id: header.txt 236 2009-12-07 18:57:00Z vlsimpson $ --> PLANET of DREAD By MURRAY LEINSTER Illustrator ADKINS I. Moran cut apart the yard-long monstrosity with a slash of flame. The thing presumably died, but it continued to writhe senselessly. He turned to see other horrors crawling toward him. Then he knew he was being marooned on a planet of endless terrors. Moran, naturally, did not mean to help in the carrying out of the plans which would mean his destruction one way or another. The plans were thrashed out very painstakingly, in formal conference on the space-yacht Nadine, with Moran present and allowed to take part in the discussion. From the viewpoint of the Nadine's ship's company, it was simply necessary to get rid of Moran. In their predicament he might have come to the same conclusion; but he was not at all enthusiastic about their decision. He would die of it. The Nadine was out of overdrive and all the uncountable suns of the galaxy shone steadily, remotely, as infinitesimal specks of light of every color of the rainbow. Two hours since, the sun of this solar system had been a vast glaring disk off to port, with streamers and prominences erupting about its edges. Now it lay astern, and Moran could see the planet that had been chosen for his marooning. It was a cloudy world. There were some dim markings near one lighted
  Question: If, after being marooned on the alien planet, Moran does not discover any edible vegetation, how would he be expected to survive?
  
   (A) His space-suit is equipped with a nozzle through which he can absorb nutrients in gas form.
   (B) His only option would be to prey on animals, bacteria, fungi, or other living creatures.
   (C) He could use limited, fast-growing seed packets provided by the crew members of the Nadine.
   (D) He would not have any viable chance of survival without non-toxic vegetation.
  Answer:
output: He could use limited, fast-growing seed packets provided by the crew members of the Nadine.