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Explanation:

She is a very smart girl; therefore it's not at all surprising that she gets such good grades

because of all the immigration, america became one big melting pot. the diversity of cultures from all over the world made america somewhat divided as well. people that immigrated stayed with their kind, and their traditions, while native born americans stayed with their kind and their traditions. normally, people born in american scorned the immigrants as well. the new religions also divided america. in summary, it took away from the american culture and identified america as the "melting pot."

from the excerpt from the "the dark game" the reader can infer that folke cronholm was spying for the allied nations.