Question

Which of the following versions of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal?

The writer wants to clarify the point made in the first part of sentence 8 (reproduced below).
First, goats are not indigenous to the region; the area began to be advertised as a vacation destination in the early twentieth century.

A) (as it is now)

B) hunters introduced goats to the Olympics in the 1920s

C) the completion of the Olympic loop highway in 1931 significantly expanded public access to the Olympics

D) in the 1930s, the Olympic Peninsula was described as “the last wilderness of the United States” in Argus magazine

E) Olympic National Park was established in 1938

Answer 1

B) hunters introduced goats to the Olympics in the 1920s

Step-by-step explanation:

The first part of sentence 8 establishes that mountain “goats are not indigenous to the region” of Olympic National Park. This choice clarifies who introduced them to the region (“hunters”) and when they did so (“the 1920s”).