Question

Pogo Sticks Your great-grandmother may have used a pogo stick as a young girl, because these toys have been around for a long time. They were invented by George B. Hansburg in Germany in 1919, and originally were made of wood. When an American company ordered the first large shipment of the new toy in 1919, however, the wooden pogo sticks warped during the long, humid trip across the ocean, which made them unsellable. The inventor, Mr. Hansburg, then developed a steel version with an enclosed spring, which he began producing himself at a factory in Elmhurst, New York. Which sentence would be the best concluding statement for this paragraph? A) My family loves ours. B) The pogo stick quickly became wildly popular in the United States. C) The pogo stick saw decreased sales from that point D) Another company came out with an air-powered pogo stick.

Answer 1

The sentence that would be the best concluding statement for this paragraph is B) The pogo stick quickly became wildly popular in the United States.

Sentence B) is the best option because it is coherent and cohesive with the information that has been presented in the previous sentences about the pogo stick. Moreover, the last sentence ("The inventor, Mr. Hansburg, then developed a steel version with an enclosed spring, which he began producing himself at a factory in Elmhurst, New York") is referring to a neighbourhood in the United States; therefore, it is connected with sentence B), which makes reference to the effect that this steel version of the pogo stick had in the same country.

Answer 2

B.  The pogo stick quickly became wildly popular in the United states.