This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
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This sentence is from the passage.
"Similar ,begin emphasis,pleas,end emphasis, were made in other colonies." (Paragraph 14)
What does the author's use of the word ,begin emphasis,pleas,end emphasis, suggest about the paper mills?
Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
They were desperate to obtain rags.
2.
They were determined to locate rags.
3.
They were irritated by the lack of rags.
4.
They were hopeful about receiving rags.
Question 2
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Select ,begin emphasis,two,end emphasis, excerpts from the passage that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, support the correct answer from Part A.
Question 2 Answer options with 5 options
1.
"this Colony cannot be supplied with a sufficient quantity of Paper for its own consumption, without the particular care of its Inhabitants in saving Rags" (Paragraph 10)
2.
"they hereby are required immediately, to appoint some suitable person, in their respective towns, (where it is not already done) to receive in Rags for the Paper-Mills" (Paragraph 11)
3.
"the Inhabitants of this Colony are hereby desired to be very careful in saving even the smallest quantity of Rags proper for making Paper" (Paragraph 11)
4.
"It is earnestly requested that the fair daughters of Liberty in this extensive country would not neglect to serve their country by saving, for the Paper Mill in Sutton, all Linen and Cotton-and-Linen Rags" (Paragraph 13)
5.
"A bag hung up at one corner of a room would be the means of saving many which would be otherwise lost." (Paragraph 13)
Part A: The author's use of the word "pleas" suggests that the paper mills were hopeful about receiving rags.
Part B:
2. "they hereby are required immediately, to appoint some suitable person, in their respective towns, (where it is not already done) to receive in Rags for the Paper-Mills" (Paragraph 11)
4. "It is earnestly requested that the fair daughters of Liberty in this extensive country would not neglect to serve their country by saving, for the Paper Mill in Sutton, all Linen and Cotton-and-Linen Rags" (Paragraph 13)