RC Drill Set 1, Question 4
In a series of presidential proclamations between 1902(466 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly suggests(24 more words not shown)
- AThe award was(20 more words not shown)
- BThe court's action(21 more words not shown)
- CIn conjunction with(17 more words not shown)
- DThe court's decision(19 more words not shown)
- EThe award was(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The award was overdue and incomplete. “At long last” signals the delay, and the ending points out the missing interest and unrecognized fishing and navigation rights. We should use those criticisms, rather than our own guess about what 17 million acres ought to be worth.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The court “did not award accrued interest.” By identifying that omission as a shortcoming, the writer suggests that the monetary award should have included more than the $7.5 million actually paid.
- B
The government isn't said to have renounced its ownership claim. Paying damages doesn't by itself mean returning the land.
- C
This reverses the ending: the court did not recognize fishing and navigation rights. Those rights can't make the settlement satisfactory if they weren't restored.
- D
No legal precedent recognizing traditional tribal ownership is identified. We can't turn an award of damages into that additional legal accomplishment.
- E
We aren't told that the tribes rejected money as compensation. The criticism concerns what this award omitted, not a belief that money could never adequately compensate them.
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