The following sentence best paraphrases the passage:
"Swift maintains that, if asked, people who have lived in poverty their entire lives would say that they would rather have been sold for food at one year of age."
The answer to your question is D. The People!
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Answer:
Mine are many.. i can't choose.
You need a period after the first sentence. You also need an exclamation mark after Ahoy.