Use the passage to answer the question. “the dreadful famine that engulfed ukraine, the northern caucasus, and the lower volga river area in 1932–1933 was the result of joseph stalin’s policy of forced collectivization. the heaviest losses occurred in ukraine, which had been the most productive agricultural area of the soviet union.” —library of congress which action of the soviet government resulted in the event described in this quote? a. it embarked on a campaign to exterminate the poor. b. it exported all the grain to fund the comintern. c. it sent most of the peasants to forced labor camps. d. it seized all the grain to meet industrial goals.

My latest book, fightin’, prose short fiction, is a combination. there’s nothing about being indian in there. just stories of people. why shouldn’t i write about non-indians? i don’t have to dress anybody in feathers." how does ortiz's use of language in this excerpt set an informal tone? a. by using contractions and sentence fragments, ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more familiar and casual. c. by using the term "indian" rather than "native american," ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more combative or hostile. b. by employing first-person pronouns, ortiz makes this part of the interview more solemn and pessimistic. d. by asking a rhetorical question, ortiz makes this part of the interview objectively and intentionally funny and lighthearted.