Which sentence represents a digression which is not relevant to the point of the passage? a) along the way he visited a number of indian reservations. b) he was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. c) he also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother orion's newspaper. d) after toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the mississippi river, before heading west to join orion.

A) Along the way he visited a number of Indian reservations.

Option A is the best choice. Twain's visits to the Indian reservations is not a relevant point to the passage. The passage talks about his journey to become a writer. Each of the other sentences has to do with his career as an author. B talks about when he turned to journalism. C explains his work in journalism. D also explains his journey to become a writer. In D, we also see mention of his time on the riverboats which shows up in his writing.

A) Along the way he visited a number of Indian reservations.

Explanation:

This sentence does not contribute to the story, which is about how Twain found his calling.

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