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my first trip from california to alaska was made in the
summer of 1899. i went alone to dawson to my father and
brother, surprising them greatly when i quietly walked up to
shake hands with them at their work. the amazement of my
father knew no ■ bounds, i could see a lot of quiet
amusement beneath all when he introduced me to his
friends ■, which plainly said:
\here is my venturesome daughter, who is really a chip off
the old block, ■ so you must not be surprised at her
coming to alaska\.
father had gone to the klondyke a year before at the age ofssixty - four, climbing chilkoot pass in the primitive way and

unning\ miles canyon and white horse rapids in a small
b oat ■ nearly which was swamped in the passage.
my brothers entrance to the famous gold fields was made in
the same dangerous manner a year ■ before, but i had
waited until trains over the white pass and yukon railroad
had been crossing the mountains daily for two weeks before
myself attempting to get into alaskas interior. at that time it
was ■ only a three hour ride, including stops, over the
pass to lake bennett, the terminus of this new railroad, the
first in alaska. a couple of ■ rude, open flat cars with
springless seats along the sides were all the accommodation
we had as passengers from the summit of white pass to lake
bennett; we had paid handsomely for the privilege of riding
in this manner and ■ thinking ourselves fortunate,
considering the fact that our route was, during the entire
hint: most act english questions can be answered by looking at the
referenced sentence without reading the whole passage
question 2 / 5
this question refers to ■
choose the best option that improves the underlined portion of the
sentence.
a no change
b before, but i had waited
c before: but i had waited
d before i had waited
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Answer:

B. before, but I had waited