Question

PART A: Which of the following best identifies the central idea of the first article?A

"The catastrophe came like a thunderbolt out of the clear sky. Tuesday was an ideal Western day, made up of bracing breezes and a soothing sunset." ( Paragraph 5)
B
"At the morgue twenty-five bodies have been received, and the authorities have pressed the Mechanics pavilion and the basement of the Hall of Justice into service as an emergency hospital." ( Paragraph 12)
C
"The sight of the thousands of poor who have been rendered homeless by the combined efforts of the tossing earth and flames is pathetic in the extreme." ( Paragraph 14)
D
"The Grand Opera House, where Metropolitan Opera company was playing, is now in flames, and the adjoining buildings, which are occupied by manufacturing, are rapidly giving way to the flames." ( Paragraph 17)

Answer 1

C "The sight of the thousands of poor who have been rendered homeless by the combined efforts of the tossing earth and flames is pathetic in the extreme." (Paragraph 14)

Step-by-step explanation:

REPORTS FROM THE RUINS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 (This is the article.)

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