This excerpt was written by Olaudah Equiano, an enslaved African who was taken to Barbados. Read the passage, then answer the question.
Their huts, which ought to be well covered, and the place dry where they take their little repose, are often open sheds, built in damp places; so that when the poor creatures return tired from the toils of the field, they contract many disorders, from being exposed to the damp air in this uncomfortable state.
–Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
Which words from the passage best support the author’s purpose?
A. tired, toils, poor
B. repose, places, air
C. huts, covered, dry
D. sheds, places, damp
