Question

advice: \dear abby\ and \ann lander\. you probably would have guessed that identical twin \eppie\ pauline friedman lederer and pauline friedman phillips would grow up to become two of the most influential advice columnists in the world. \dear abby\ and \ann landers\ were both known by their millions of daily readers for their quick wit and sage wisdom. they grew up in sioux city, iowa and attended college where they both worked on the newspaper. at the age of 21, the friedman sisters married in a double - wedding. the original \ann landers\ was started in 1942 by a woman named ruth crowley. she wrote the column until her death. after she won a contest, esther lederer assumed the \ann landers\ pen name and eventually won the copyright to the name. phillips founded \dear abby\ in 1956. a rift between the sisters opened when life magazine reported that phillips had offered to sell her column to the sioux city journal at a discounted rate on the condition that they not run \ann landers.\ although they publicly reconciled in 1964, it is said the bitter rivalry continued behind the scenes for decades. in 1995, phillips began to suffer from alzheimers disease and her daughter, jeanine, took over writing under the abigail van buren pen name. \dear abby\ has been in publication for more than 50 years and is still read daily by millions of people. lederer remained in good health most of her life and wrote \ann landers\ until her death in 2002. she chose not to have another writer use the pen name. jeanine phillips wrote a tribute to her mother in \dear abby\ shortly after her passing. lederers daughter, margo howard, said the women had not been in touch for years, and she believes phillips just wrote the tribute out of obligation. 3 select the correct answer. from the passage, the reader can infer a. margo now writes the \dear abby\ column, too. b. margo was angry her mother didnt pass \ann landers\ on. c. lederer started \ann landers\ to compete with \dear abby.\ d. publication of \ann landers\ ceased in 2002.

Explanation:

The passage mentions that Ann Landers (Pauline Friedman Phillips) was in good health most of her life and wrote "Ann Landers" until her death in 2002 and she chose not to have another person use the pen - name. This implies that the publication of "Ann Landers" ceased in 2002. There is no mention of Margo in the passage (ruling out A and B), and Esther Lederer took over "Ann Landers" not started it to compete with "Dear Abby" (ruling out C).

Answer:

D. publication of "Ann Landers" ceased in 2002.