The edge of the crowd spreads outward into southern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Any two people who meet are unlikely to have a language in common, and almost nobody knows the area. The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common. Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied. Fresh water is hard to come by and there’s no efficient system for distributing it. In paragraph 17, what information suggests the text structure?

Answer choices for the above question

A. the disadvantages of multiple languages

B. the effects of collapsing social hierarchies

C. the problem of not knowing an area

D. the comparison of crowds in Massachusetts and Connecticut