Which two sentences contain information that should be included in a summary of the passage?
A. “The American chestnut ruled our forests for centuries, but a killer blight made up of microscopic spores needed only 50 years to wipe the giant from the face of North America.” (paragraph 1)
B. “Once, the springtime canopies of western North Carolina forests were anunmatched floral display, thanks to a tree that nearly vanished.” (paragraph 2)
C. “Gone was the tree that nurtured Native Americans, passenger pigeons, and pioneer communities.” (paragraph 10)
D. “In a single year — 1909 — 100,000 cords of chestnut fed five large tanneries in the Asheville region alone.” (paragraph 12)
E. “But at this very moment, on farms and woodlots scattered across North Carolina and the rest of the native range of the species, an army of volunteers is working on perhaps the most audacious conservation project of our time: bringing back the American chestnut.” (paragraph 14)
A. “The American chestnut ruled our forests for centuries, but a killer blight made up of microscopic spores needed only 50 years to wipe the giant from the face of North America.” (paragraph 1)
E. “But at this very moment, on farms and woodlots scattered across North Carolina and the rest of the native range of the species, an army of volunteers is working on perhaps the most audacious conservation project of our time: bringing back the American chestnut.” (paragraph 14)