Consider the Following Passage

question 11

Multiple Choice

Consider the following passage:
Julia sells exotic birds. She has placed four orders with wholesale bird supplier Papagayo Co., and all of them have been filled with healthy birds. Lately, however, some wholesale competitors have been trying to get her to order from them. But, when it's time to make the next order, she decides she's better off with Papagayo because she's pretty sure she'll get healthy birds. (Do not assume that you know anything about birds or the bird business.)
The premise-analogue in the passage is

• A)the new order.
• B)the previous four orders.
• C)the Papagayo Co.
• D)the competitors.

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Definitions:

Toxic Elements

Chemical elements that are harmful or lethal to living organisms, often polluting the environment and posing health risks.

Seafood

Edible marine organisms, including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and others, harvested from the sea or other bodies of water for human consumption.

Medical Anthropology

The specialization in anthropology that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human sickness and health.