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Question 10 • English I

Read the excerpt from “Clara Barton’s Childhood.” First, with shining eyes and bated breath, she learned to cross the little winding French river on teetering logs at its most dangerous depths. When this sport grew tame, she made her way to the local sawmill where she delighted to ride the carriage which conveyed the logs to the old-fashioned up-and-down saw. The carriage moved very slowly when it was going forward and the saw was eating its laborious way through the log, but it came back with violent rapidity. Which details from the excerpt best indicate that Clara’s actions were risky? Select three answers.

Answer
A
teetering logs at its most dangerous depths.
B
but it came back with violent rapidity.
C
The carriage moved very slowly when it was going forward.
D
When this sport grew tame,
E
the saw was eating its laborious way through the log,
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