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The prayer book's pages are clean except for those of the service for the dead, which are worn thin and stained at the corners where fingers turned them. It is reasonable to infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the book's owner used the service for the dead far more often than the rest of the book.Correct
  2. B. the book was never used.
  3. C. the service for the dead was printed on poorer paper.
  4. D. the owner disliked the service for the dead.

Answer: A. the book's owner used the service for the dead far more often than the rest of the book.

Wear where fingers turned the pages.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the book was never used.
Those pages are worn.
C. the service for the dead was printed on poorer paper.
Finger stains point to use, not to paper quality.
D. the owner disliked the service for the dead.
Heavy use suggests the opposite.

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