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The recipe book's early pages are in a careful copperplate hand and list dishes for twelve; the later pages, in the same hand grown shaky, give dishes for one, with notes like 'half this is plenty'. A reader may infer that over the years the book's owner ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. grew old and came to cook for herself alone.Correct
  2. B. learned to write more neatly.
  3. C. began cooking for a larger household.
  4. D. gave the book to a younger relative.

Answer: A. grew old and came to cook for herself alone.

A shaky hand, dishes for one.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. learned to write more neatly.
The hand grew shaky.
C. began cooking for a larger household.
Twelve fell to one.
D. gave the book to a younger relative.
The same hand throughout.

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