Read the following description: In a story, a young mother becomes angry with the amount
of advice she receives about parenting - from family
members, friends, and strangers. She realizes that the
advice is often contradictory and that it is impossible to
listen to all the advice she receives. However, when her
child cries and she applies a stranger's technique that she
had initially disregarded, she finds that it works.
By ending the story this way, the author wants the reader to appreciate the
need to consider others' ideas. Which statement offers the best evidence for
this idea?
A. The woman is young and therefore inexperienced in parenting.
B. The woman must acknowledge that she was wrong to be so
annoyed.
O C. The woman is confronted by strangers as well as people she
knows.
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Read this excerpt from "edward jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination.” smallpox was introduced to europe sometime between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the middle ages. the disease greatly affected the development of western civilization. the first stages of the decline of the roman empire (ad 108) coincided with a large-scale epidemic: the plague of antonine, which accounted for the deaths of almost 7 million people. the arab expansion, the crusades, and the discovery of the west indies all contributed to the spread of the disease. unknown in the new world, smallpox was introduced by the spanish and portuguese conquistadors. the disease decimated the local population and was instrumental in the fall of the empires of the aztecs and the incas. similarly, on the eastern coast of north america, the disease was introduced by the early settlers and led to a decline in the native population. before it reached the new world, smallpox played a role in