The Secret Annex, in German-Occupied Amsterdam, Holland During World War II. The early entries of the diary, before Anne and her family enter into hiding, take place in Amsterdam, Holland.
I believe the right correction for the sentence would be "The decrease in members from the clubs are affecting". The first option wouldn't be correct because the word "decreasing" doesn't fit right grammar wise in the sentence. Option two wouldn't make any sense put together with the sentence, it would just sound completely out of place. Option three has the word "were" as in it was affecting the club, not presently affecting the club. And obviously, this sentence needs improvement so option five is out of the question.
The most probable answer to this and the most likely on would be D. salvation through good deeds.
Puritans heavily believed in the concept of predestination. They also have faith and original sin is also part of Puritanism. Though they absorbed some characteristics from other religions, salvation through good deeds isn't one of them. This would entirely be a direct defiance to being predestined in the first place. Believing that salvation through good deeds is possible, then they would be destroying their own beliefs about predestination.
D. <span>The current management team should be replaced or retrained.</span>
The second sentence, the one in which "rainsford IS characterized".
