Allergic reactions to three native American plants—poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, all members of the plant genus Toxi
codendron—have been sources of misery for many centuries. Native Americans warned the early settlers about the ill effects of these plants, and Captain John Smith described them in his journal, thus making the first report of an allergic disease in America. What can the reader infer from this paragraph?
A. A cure for poison ivy is being developed.
B. Poison ivy killed entire tribes of Native Americans.
C. Captain John Smith is known as a great physician.
D. Many native American plants cause very uncomfortable allergic reactions.
The little brown bat seeks out audiences other than the mocking bird because the mockingbird understands the technical aspects of poetry but doesn't feel the emotional impact. The correct answer is B.
