Since a compound sentence consists of at least two independent clauses usually connected with a conjunction, the correct answer is D. Because there are two independent clauses: 1. Liberty Island is a small, uninhabited island, + but + 2. it is best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. It is the only correctly written compound sentence, because of BUT.
the book reminded me when I actually saw the movie and the connections were that I could imagine to story line more vividly. for example when in the book they start to dicribe like a creature or person that the book discribes because I saw the movie I could better imagine what the book was talking about