English, 10.09.2019 18:30, officialariana01

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refer to the mary celeste: an unsolved mystery from history for a complete version of this text.
part a
which statement is a main idea of the mary celeste: an unsolved mystery from history?
the captain of the mary celeste came from a family of sailors and grew up with four brothers.
newspapers reported on the story of the mary celeste, but many of their stories were greatly exaggerated.
one theory about the fate of the people on board the mary celeste is that they were eaten by something living in the ocean.
the captain and crew of the dei gratia put a lot of work into salvaging the mary celeste, but received little reward.
question 2
part b
which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a?
“they actually got only a fifth, and out of it had to pay all court costs.”
“he was born in wareham, massachusetts, in 1835, the second of five sons of captain nathan briggs, all of whom but one became sailors.”
“a hundred years ago, there were still people who believed that a sea monster—like a kraken or giant octopus—had somehow devoured the crew.”
“readers thrilled to these stories, but some were half-truths and some were downright lies.”

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