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Based on context clues, we can tell that the speaker is not enjoying the whining, so we can rule out soft and pleasant.
Well-founded is an adjective describing a belief or suspicion that a person has as based on facts, saying that whining is well-founded is saying that the whining has a good base or is for a good reason.
This would make sense, however the speaker says that the whining is not going to help this person's cause, meaning we can rule out well-founded.
This leaves C. Unending
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<span>D. He tells Ooka that stealing a large amount of rice would be dishonest. </span>
Answer:
The meaning of curtailed in the sentence is:
B. restricted.
Explanation:
To curtail means to reduce the quantity of something. However, even if we did not originally know that meaning, we could have guessed it through context clues.
<u>The passage says that suspensions were curtailed. Later on, it says teachers need to administer alternative discipline practices. That means teachers have to find other ways to "punish" students. From that, we can conclude that curtail means B. restricted. The number of suspensions has been reduced, which forces teachers to spend more time looking for other ways to discipline students.</u>
A. because it is home to several diverse religions.