Read this selection from Of Plymouth Plantation to determine the answers to the follow-up questions. In a word, [they] did all the homely and necessary offices for them which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear named; and all this willingly and cheerfully, without any grudging in the least, showing herein their true love unto their friends and brethren; a rare example and worthy to be remembered. Two of these seven were Mr. William Brewster, their reverend Elder, and Myles Standish, their Captain and military commander, unto whom myself and many other were much beholden in our low and sick condition.

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Part A
Which statement best explains the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

to describe in detail the Pilgrims’ illness

to mention the names of all the colonists

to provide an example of community spirit

to complain about the conditions at Plymouth Plantation