Explaining Relationships Between People and Events
Question 6 • FL-1009370-Writing for College Success
Read the excerpt from "A March to Enact Change.”[O]n March 9, another protest was held on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. A multiracial group of more than 2,000 marched across the bridge only to find state troopers blocking Highway 80. In this instance, however, the troopers allowed King and the marchers to stand in prayer and then pass.
Answer
A
State troopers blocked the Edmund Pettus Bridge and marchers could not pass.
B
State troopers only allowed marchers to stand on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and pray.
C
Marchers were able to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with the assistance of state troopers.
D
Marchers were able to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge despite the presence of state troopers.
Explanation
The excerpt says the troopers let King and the marchers stand in prayer and then pass. So the marchers crossed even though state troopers were present; the troopers did not assist them, as choice C suggests. Choice D, “Marchers were able to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge despite the presence of state troopers,” matches the excerpt.
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