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The fort's kitchens have yielded thousands of animal bones, nearly all from cattle and sheep, and none from pigs, although pig bones are common at every other fort of the period in the region. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. something specific to this fort — its garrison's customs or supply — kept pork off the menu.Correct
  2. B. pigs were unknown in the region.
  3. C. the fort's soldiers ate no meat.
  4. D. the bones have not been identified.

Answer: A. something specific to this fort — its garrison's customs or supply — kept pork off the menu.

Pork everywhere else but not here: a local reason, not a regional one.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. pigs were unknown in the region.
Pig bones are common at every other fort in the region.
C. the fort's soldiers ate no meat.
Thousands of cattle and sheep bones say they ate meat.
D. the bones have not been identified.
The bones have been identified as cattle and sheep.

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