The correct answer among the choices is option A. The statement "Masks played an important role in Haida history." best summarizes the passage. The sentence in option A was rephrased from the thesis statement of the paragraph. The other choices gave specific practices of Haida people.
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The narrator was walking to the tram line to board a tram car. On the way he saw a white boy and a black boy playing an unusual game. The white was around four and the other probably five. The game they played pained the narrator because the white boy was giving orders to the black boy who obeyed him like a slave.