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To moisten. Baste means to use the chickens juices to make the chicken more juicy
I believe the answer is A.) because when the author says e innocent of this knowledge" it is kind of like when a child asks their parent something and the parent says "Don worry it" it is as if they are trying not to burden their child with the knoledge of what is happening in the world around them.
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