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30pretest: lookingautobiography of z. s. hastings: written for his boysby z. s. hastings (excerpt)chapter 2(1) at the time of fathers arrival, indiana was only 14 years old and contained about 300,000 inhabitants. its capital citys first mayor was inaugurated two years before i was born and three years after the stars fell.(2) in 1842 when i was about four years old my parents sold out and moved down the river five or six miles and bought a new, larger and better farm with a large two story hewed log house and a big double log barn, and a good apple orchard. the farming land was bottom and lay along the river. here we had some sheep and cattle on a few hills and some hogs in the woods, that got fat in the winter on white oak acorns and beech nuts. and here we had a large \sugar orchard\ as the hosiers called it—hard maple trees by the many from which, in the early spring, flowed the sweet sap by the barrels full which we converted into gallons of maple syrup, and into many cakes of maple sugar.(3) it was while we lived here, when i was six years old, there was the greatest flood, known to me, since the days of noah. i remember it well. you too, my boys, will never forget the year when i tell you it was the same year, 1844, in which your best earthly friend was born, your mother. but i did not know anything about her until twenty years afterwards.(4) the flood was great. all the lower lands were under water. mr. greenes, the ferryman, our nearest neighbors family had to go in a canoe from the door of their kitchen to their smoke house to get meat. all our cattle and hogs were in the stalk fields near the river, and all were drowned, except one large, strong cow which swam more than one half mile, almost in a straight line, and was saved. we could see the cattle huddled together on a small island knoll away down in the field next to the river. the poor creatures would stand there until the rapidly rising waters would crowd them off the knoll, and then they swam until exhausted and overcome by30select the correct text in the passage.which sentence best refines the idea that the authors parents supported their childrens education?(10) we liked clarksburg because it was a good place for schools, sunday schools and churches. i hardly remember the time when i was not in school, sunday school and church . i think to this day these are good places for boys to be .(11) my parents were always anxious to have their children in school and made many sacrifices to this end ; as a result their five boys all were public school teachers before they were out of their teens .

Explanation:

Sentence (11) directly states that the author's parents were anxious to have their children in school and made many sacrifices for this, which clearly refines the idea that the parents supported their children's education. Sentence (10) focuses on liking Clarksburg for schools/churches but does not highlight parental support for education.

Answer:

(11) My parents were always anxious to have their children in school and made many sacrifices to this end; as a result their five boys all were public school teachers before they were out of their teens.