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Cane is a 1923 novel by Jean Toomer. In the novel, Toomer mentions a road in rural Georgia called Dixie Pike and describes it as having a deep connection to a faraway place, writing,

      

Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates the claim?

A

“And when the wind is from the South, soil of my homeland falls like a fertile shower upon the lean streets of [Washington, DC].”

B

“[Fern and I] walked down the [Dixie] Pike with people on all the porches gaping at us.”

C

“The Dixie Pike has grown from a goat path in Africa.”

D

“[The wagon] bumps, and groans, and shakes as it crosses the railroad track.”