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Which of these quotations best shows the use of logic in Keeler’s argument in "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" ?

A
I was proud to sing the new lyrics in school, but I sang softly.
B
When Squanto, a Wampanoag man, found them, they were in a pitiful state.
C
Among many of our peoples, showing that you can give without holding back is the way to earn respect.
D
To the Pilgrims, and most English and European peoples, the Wampanoags were heathens, and of the Devil.
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What is the best summary of Keeler’s argument in "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" ?

A
American Indians should take revenge for the way they were treated by European Americans.
B
We should be thankful that the American Indians were able to save the Pilgrims.
C
We should be thankful, because so many of the foods we eat on Thanksgiving were first grown by American Indians.
D
We each have a responsibility to try to get rid of the hatred, bigotry, and greed that affected American Indians.
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When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poor and hungry – half of them died within a few months from disease and hunger. When Squanto, a Wampanoag man, found them, they were in a pitiful state. He spoke English, having traveled to Europe, and took pity on them. Their English crops had failed. The native people fed them through the winter and taught them how to grow their food.

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She uses such words as “poor” and “pitiful” to make us understand how the American Indians viewed them.
B
She uses a statistic to show how many died.
C
She describes Squanto and the American Indians to make us feel grateful to them.
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She describes the Pilgrims to make us respect them.
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Which of these quotations from "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" shows logic in argument?

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Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples.
B
By 1623, Mather the elder, a Pilgrim leader, was giving thanks to his God for destroying the heathen savages. . . .
C
In stories told by the Dakota people, an evil person always keeps his or her heart in a secret place separate from the body.
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I see, in the "First Thanksgiving" story, a hidden Pilgrim heart.

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