For this question, the choices are:
<span>1) Each
2) Both
3) Either
4) Neither
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And the answer is both because it is the only plural pronoun that refers to one or more nouns in the sentence, hence the use of "were". Each, either and neither refer to only one of the other and thus would use "was" instead of "were" to refer to a singular noun.
Examples: Josie Falcons WalMart
You are not citing any multiple choice answers, but based on the reading I have done on it, it would have to be a Mining Camp
To explain the necessity of the ban
<span>Kennedy's claim in this excerpt was that since the US was capable of developing the technology to put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth before the end of the 1960s. This would prove that the US was better than the Soviet Union.</span>
