This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
Part A
Which sentence states the author's primary claim in
the passage?
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1. His father trusted the townspeople to pay
what they owed him.
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Read the passage. There are several questions about this passage.
King of the Mountain is a children's game. One player, the "king" tries to stay on top
of a hill while other players try to push him or her away and become the king
instead
from King of the Mountain
Kids used to play this game. Maybe they still do. We used to play it on a
short hill covered with slick grass, pushing "attackers" away from the top and
making them slide and tumble down.
My old man played it for real one time, in a grocery store version of the
game.
By the end of 1940 my father had the only grocery store and meat market
in town: he was King of the Mountain.
4 The store seemed huge to me at the time. Four big plate-glass windows in
the front; two large meat cases; displays of vegetables; and plenty of shelves
and alsles of canned goods to keep stocked. My dad's customers included
everybody in the community, naturally, since he was the only game in town.
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The storefront was white and the big sign above the windows was painted
black. It said: QUICK'S QUALITY MARKET. He was serious about the "quality"
part of the statement
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The black-and-white sign would have created a somber appearance to the
store had it not been for the hand-painted messages my dad would put in the
windows: announcements painted in red and blue tempera paint on long
O 2. The townspeople deeply appreciated the way
his father treated them
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3. His father allowed the townspeople to treat
the store as a place for social gatherings.
4. The townspeople were grateful to his father
for the wide variety of items available at the
local grocery store.
Part 8
Which sentence from the passage best supports the
correct answer from Part A?
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