Answer:
It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.
Explanation:
The book <em>Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science </em>tells about the development of the sugar business, starting from its origins in New Guinea in 7000 B.C. to the 21st century and production of ethanol. An important topic in the book is a blood trail this industry left - the deaths of countless African slaves forced into sugar production.
This particular excerpt tells a story about how an ancestor of one Russian family entered the sugar business as a serf, a farmer bound to his lord's land, which he works on.
Chugged is the main word that should give it away. It is kind of exaggerating the car going up the mountain. I assume it would be a hyperbole.
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The answers are b, d, and e
Where’s the excerpt ??? Can’t help without the excerpt
The correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be the third option: HOPEFUL. <span>The introduction of the boy advances the plot of Daly's "Sixteen" by making the narrator feel hopeful. This was the time when the young male skater made the narrator feel more joys more than ever and that this boy made her feel hopeful for days. But in the end, the narrator realized that he will never call her at all. Hope this answer helps.</span>
