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4 April, 03:24

They both advised me to run away to the north; that I should find friends there, and that I should be free. I pretended not to be interested in what they said, and treated them as if I did not understand them; for I feared they might be treacherous. White men have been known to encourage slaves to escape, and then, to get the reward, catch them and return them to their masters ... I nevertheless remembered their advice, and from that time I resolved to run away.

Question: In the above excerpt, which words best establish immediacy?

A) "White men have been known to encourage slaves to escape."

B) " ... that I should be free."

C) "I pretended not to be interested in what they said."

D) There is no immediacy.

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  1. 4 April, 03:42
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    C) "I pretended not to be interested in what they said.
  2. 4 April, 04:41
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    C) "I pretended not to be interested in what they said."
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