Question

1. What does the underlined word most likely mean?
a. Army
b. Discussion
c. Agreement
d. Event
2. Why did the author write this text?
a. He or she wanted to answer the question, “What was the Yazoo Land Act?”
b. He or she wanted to describe how land was distributed after the Revolutionary
War.
c. He or she wanted to explain James Jackson’s involvement in Georgia.
d. He or she wanted to describe the land lotteries.

Answer 1

I don’t have the sentence with the underlined word, so I can’t be sure about question 1. Please paste the sentence or the underlined word and I’ll pick the best meaning.

For question 2, the best answer is (a) — “He or she wanted to answer the question, ‘What was the Yazoo Land Act?’”
Reason: a text titled or focused on the Yazoo Land Act typically explains what that law was and what it did. The other choices (describing post‑Revolution land distribution, James Jackson’s involvement, or the land lotteries) are more specific topics; only (a) directly matches a general explanatory purpose about the Yazoo Land Act itself. If you paste the passage I can confirm.