Read the excerpt from The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The pavement round about the above-described edifice (building)…has grass enough growing in its chinks (cracks) to show that it has not, of late days, been worn by any multitudinous resort (countless visitors) of business.
Which of the following best paraphrases the excerpt?
A.
The building is used as a resort for business men.
B.
Grass growing in the cracks of the pavement shows that the building has not been visited much lately.
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B. Grass growing in the cracks of the pavement indicates that the building has not been frequented by many people for business purposes recently.
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