After all, how could one prove one had flown an airline without one of those bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-st
rain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies? How convince [sic] a country populated with disbelieving skeptics that those claims, indeed, were true? French chocolate was always good, a solid chunk of bitter foreign material melting into your tongue and signifying distance, travel, adventure, truth. But even chocolate, these days, could be bought at some shop, and was no longer a reliable indicator of long and distant travel. The only sure proof, these days, was cheese.
Which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentence by using deletion and substitution?
A.
After all, how could one prove one had flown an airline without one of those bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-strain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies?
B.
A bag of airline goodies is necessary to prove that one flew an airline.
C.
One needs socks, eye masks, orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, and little mint candies.
D.
One needs something special to prove he or she has flew an airline.
