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Read these excerpts from Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776 and The Loyalists of Massachusetts.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776
Although the snow was deep in the streets, the drifts did not deter Berinthia from calling upon her friends. Many of the good ladies were ready to sign an agreement to drink no more tea; others hesitated. She was warmly welcomed by Mrs. Abigail Adams, who at once saw how great would be the influence of the women upon their husbands.
"But what shall we drink instead of tea?" asked Dorothy Quincy.
"When summer comes, we will go out into the fields and gather strawberry leaves, and call them Hyperion, or some other elegant name. . . .," Berinthia replied.
The Loyalists of Massachusetts
From this time forth tea was a proscribed beverage throughout the colonies. "Balsamic hyperion," made from the dried leaves of the raspberry plant; thyme, extensively used by the women of Connecticut; and various other substitutes came into general use.
Which statement best compares the two excerpts?
Both have made-up settings that include tea-drinking parties.
Both include facts related to the refusal to drink foreign tea.
Both identify the characters, but only the nonfictional excerpt explains how they know each other.
Both excerpts mention hyperion, but only the nonfictional text describes what it is.
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