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Which passage from which article?
The correct answer is "neediest" This is because "need" is one of the adjectives which can be compared using the addition of suffixes -er, and -est.
I think it is a happy ending, with marriages between unmarried characters. Hope this helps
This seems like it belongs more in the catagory of history but if the author is Thomas Jefferson, or any president from Jefferson until the Civil War than they are most likely for it