He tells them that he has a white man along with him--his father--as well as his mother and aunt Mary Ann, and that they are all sick. At first, they are not convinced and begin to investigate, until one of the men believes that his father has small pox. Since neither of the men on the skiff want to catch small pox, they continue on.
Answer:
B. Colon
Explanation:
The punctuation mark that tells the reader to pay direct attention to the following information is the colon.
A colon is often used to separate two independent clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first. It also usually precedes a list, quotation, or block quotation.
The rest of the listed punctuation marks do not draw the reader's attention to the content that follows as much as the colon does.
1. Have just read
2. Will have passed
3 had just put
4. Have saved
5. Has she gone
6. Had not slept
7.has to pack
8.will you have loved
9. Has to eat
10. Had to make
11. Will have finished
12. Had forgotten
13. Have not met
20. Has cleaned
I believe A is the correct answer
