He is not culturally disadvantaged, but he is culturally "different." If you ask him how many months there are in a
year, he will probably tell you thirteen. He will respond this
way not because he doesn't know how to count properly,
but because he has been taught by our traditional people
that there are thirteen full moons in a year according to the
native tribal calendar and that there are really thirteen
planets in our solar system and thirteen tail feathers on a
perfectly balanced eagle.
Which of the following best explains why the author refers to the traditional
people in this paragraph?
A. To appeal to the reader's emotions
B. To make a logical claim
C. To establish credibility with the reader
O D. To show that the reader is biased

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b. being sliced open by a giant blade c. being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive