Answer:
I believe it's A.
Explanation:
C doesn't make any sense. The sentence is clear in reading.
You should be able to find it in the Table of Content, which is in the very beginning of the book.
It is
"The life of an immigrant is difficult.
Immigrants tend to live in one area."
I think.
You want a summary of the book?
I think this will work:
There was only the churned water, filled with scantlings and torn branches of trees. ... It will send up the price of scantlings, and we was getting on too fast with them. About all the timber required to erect one of these houses is for joists, scantlings, and doors.