Versus what exactly may I ask?
The answer is:
As sugar became increasingly available to the English, they wanted to acquire even more of it.
In the passage from "Sugar Changed the World," the authors make reference to the English growing desire for sugar. For example, King Henry III first asked for three pounds of sugar in 1226, then he requested four more pounds of it to a mayor, and finally obtained three hundred pounds in 1243. Later, after Venice enlarged sugar trade, the English could purchase thousands of pounds of sugar every year.
Answer: 3 & 4
Explanation: "In her editorial, Mellie writes convincingly of the need for high school classes to begin later in the morning."
and
"Smith's argument in favor of tuition-free college education offers persuasive reasoning and authoritative evidence." are both correct.
Number the Stars also qualifies as historical fiction and war drama because, well, it's set in 1940s Denmark during the middle of World War II.