"The white settlers killed immense numbers of bison to force out the Plains Indians, make way for railroads, and get money for their hides." - The Return of the American Bison
"Touch the Sky said that the buffalo had gone to live far from the white men who swarmed across the plain like a plague of grasshoppers." - Paint
How does the fictional story use or alter the history that is presented in the nonfiction account?
A. It portrays the destruction of the bison population as a plague of insects.
B. It presents information about the railroads to explain why white settlers killed so many bison.
C. It presents information about hides to suggest that greed drove white settlers to attack Native Americans.
D. It portrays bison as cunning animals that could outsmart white settlers.
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A. It portrays the destruction of the bison population as a plague of insects.
This option reflects how the fictional story, "Paint," uses the metaphor of a "plague of grasshoppers" to convey the overwhelming presence and negative impact of white settlers on the bison population, paralleling the historical account from "The Return of the American Bison" that discusses the destructive actions of settlers towards the bison.
