Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World . The diamond and the house: two family treasures, two parts of the story of sugar. We realized that our two family stories—Marina's great grandparents, brought to Guyana to replace slaves, and Marc's aunt's grandfather, helping to refine an alternative to that same sugar—were just the beginning of a much larger story about a remarkable substance. It is a story of the movement of millions of people, of fortunes made and lost, of brutality and delight—all because of tiny crystals stirred into our coffee, twirled on top of a cake. Sugar, we began to see, changed the world. What is the purpose of this passage?
Answer
A
to explain who Marina and Marc are
B
to explore the history of Guyana
C
to show what sugar is used for
D
to link the authors’ families to sugar
Explanation
The passage connects Marina’s family history in Guyana and Marc’s family history involving a sugar substitute to the larger story of sugar. The detail about sugar’s effects on millions of people introduces the book’s broader subject, but the passage’s purpose is to link the authors’ families to sugar—not simply explain who they are or describe sugar’s uses.
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