Which sentence below includes two (2) independent clauses? A. Last year Kayla tried to escape.
B. He had searched for two trees in the forest, and there was still no sign of the small chestnut tree.
C. Kayla was sitting on the top of the couch, eating a banana.
D. No one wants his pet to escape into the surrounding trees.

The answer would be B. because you could split the sentence into “He had searched for two trees in the forest” and “There was still no sign of the small chestnut tree.” See even when you put them into two different sentences it still is a complete sentence and can stand on its own.

the answer is the speaker views both as possessions that reflect his importance.