Answer:
Last year on vacation, I read a book that I really enjoyed. It was the first time I have ever liked a book that much. It was about a man who had been shipwrecked on a deserted island. It was a good storybook, and I would prefer it to anyone who likes reading.
B. A teacher travels each year to visit family in South Africa.
Answer: Although they lost the black box, using stone is part of the ritual
Explanation:
Although the may have forgotten the ritual and lost the black box, but townspeople remember the use of stone on any one that pick a paper with black dot.
The correct answer is A.
The purpose of this passage is to inform the reader regarding the events of the witch trial. We are told that suspected witches were to be tried using the Scales, and that each suspected witch was first searched to see if they had anything heavy in their pockets.
This passage provides quite a bit of information about the witch trial; it is not trying to persuade, entertain, or debate -- the purpose of this passage is to inform.