In the paragraph above, sentence 3 is out of order. Where would it best be placed?

Question

The Chocolate Wonder Bean

     (1) Chocolate is known and loved the world over, but few people have heard its history. (2) Historians believe humans may have used chocolate for over 3,000 years.(3) You could buy a hen for 100 cacao beans or buy a tamale for one bean. (4) It comes from the bean of the cacao plant, and for most of its history, people used chocolate to make an unsweetened drink. (5) When European explorers tasted the drink, they thought it was too bitter, so the drink was sweetened for the first time. (6)The Aztec people not only drank chocolate, they used it for trading.

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In the paragraph above, sentence 3 is out of order. Where would it best be placed?

 A. 

after sentence 6

 B. 

after sentence 5

 C. 

after sentence 4

 D. 

after sentence 1

Answer 1

Sentence 3 goes best after sentence 6. Sentence 6 introduces the idea of using cacao beans for trading. Sentence 3 provides examples of using the beans to trade for other items.