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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, ________
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Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates the claim?
"And when the wind is from the South, soil of my homeland falls like a fertile shower upon the lean streets of [Washington, DC]."
A
"The Dixie Pike has grown from a goat path in Africa."
B
"From down the railroad track, the chug-chug of a gas engine announces that the repair gang is coming home."
C
"One evening I walked up the [Dixie] Pike on purpose, and stopped to say hello [to Fern]."
D