Select the correct answer. Sentence 3 repeats what key wording from sentence 2?
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(1) The awful winter weather had killed the
spring crops. (2) That warm spell a few weeks
back had caused the plants to put out new
buds, but the quick return of winter weather
had ruined everything. (3) The farmers knew
they, too, were ruined as they sat, silent, by the
fire at Big Jim's. (4) Each knew the big machines
on the hundreds of acres would stand silent
for an entire harvest. (5) And each in his turn
felt the winter clutch his heart.
silent
O ruined
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fire