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Read this excerpt from "A Four-Hundred-Year-Old Woman" and answer the question.

The nuns at school, on the other hand, insinuated that India had long outlived its glories, and that if we wanted to be educated, modern women, we’d better hit the trail westward.

Why does the author most likely use the phrase "hit the trail westward" in this excerpt?

A. To allow readers a clear visual image of the direction her life would take.

B. To help readers locate America in relation to Calcutta

C. To allude to the idea of the America Dream

D. To contrast the idea of modern with the old west

How does the allusion to the boston tea party reinforce king’s argument about civil disobedience? by citing an example of civil disobedience by everyday people, king shows that civil disobedience can be necessary and productive. by using an example of civil disobedience that took place in the past, king shows that civil disobedience is no longer necessary. by using an example of civil disobedience that took place in the north, king shows that the southern states have not used civil disobedience effectively. by using an example of a “massive act of civil disobedience,” king shows that the demonstrations in alabama are not as large and disruptive as his critics think.