Which best summarizes the information found in paragraph three?
a) seven dollars could buy a lot more in the 1800's than it can today.
b) slaves were provided with an absolute mininum of food and clothing to survive.
c) wealthy masters and landowners were often unwilling to sell or punish their slaves.
d) slave children were cared for by their mothers or other slave women too old to work.

The answer is Indeed B. Slaves were provided with an absolute minimum of food and clothing to survive.

Explanation:

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.