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Assuming that Growing up in Arkansas is underlined, the correct answer is B. participle. Although participles and gerunds look the same (both of them have the following form: verb + -ing), gerunds are used as nouns, and participles as adverbs. Given that this phrase is used as an adverb, the correct answer is B.

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