Question

How do the details in this passage support the author’s purpose? The details about leaving India persuade readers that it was a good idea for people to leave. The details about the “black water” entertain readers with stories of traveling overseas. The details about families leaving for a better life inform readers about the status of the author’s family. The details about hiring people from India persuade readers that people who crossed the seas were hard workers.

Answer 1

C

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Answer 2

Correct answer is "C".

Marina Budhos, one of the authors along Marc Aronson, has roots in the sugar industry because her father's family left India for work on a sugar plantation in the Caribbean. Although the central to sugar's story is the brutality involved in its manufacture, the book holds lots of personal stories, archival photos, maps and historical anecdotes related to Budhos' family status.

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