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Information and Ideas practice question
A historian claims that the stone building by the river was originally a mill.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's claim?
- A. The building's lowest floor contains a stone-lined channel and the iron mountings for a water wheel, and its 1790 lease describes it as 'the corn mill'.Correct
- B. The building has thick walls.
- C. The river floods in winter.
- D. Mills were common in the region.
Answer: A. The building's lowest floor contains a stone-lined channel and the iron mountings for a water wheel, and its 1790 lease describes it as 'the corn mill'.
A wheel channel, mountings, and a lease calling it a mill.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The building has thick walls.
- Thick walls suit many buildings.
- C. The river floods in winter.
- Flooding says nothing about the building's use.
- D. Mills were common in the region.
- Regional frequency doesn't identify this building.
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