Sugar Changed the World, Part 3: Word Choice and Multimedia
Question 2 • FL-1001340-English 2 Sem 1 - Flex
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.In Brazil, when word came that the harvest was about to begin, a priest came to bless the mill—and the workers. The blessing was like the whistle at the start of a race, for now everything sped up. Slaves were given long, sharp machetes, which would be their equipment—but for some also their weapons—until the harvest was done. The cutters worked brutal, seemingly endless shifts during the harvest—for the hungry mills crushed cane from four in the afternoon to ten the next morning, stopping only in the midday heat. Slaves had to make sure there was just enough cane to feed the turning wheels during every one of those eighteen hours.
Answer
A
by showing the relentless pace that enslaved people had to keep during the harvest
B
by showing that the mills began to be very productive after the priest’s blessing
C
by showing that enslaved people had to feed the mills every day until there was no cane left
D
by showing that the mills were the best pieces of equipment to produce sugar
Explanation
The passage emphasizes the exhausting speed and length of the harvest work: the mills crushed cane for eighteen hours, from four in the afternoon until ten the next morning, and enslaved workers had to keep them supplied with cane the whole time. This supports choice A, which describes the relentless pace enslaved people had to maintain. The passage mentions a priest’s blessing, but it does not say the blessing made the mills more productive.
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