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Life Among the Paiutes is an 1882 autobiographical narrative by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, a Northern Paiute author, educator, and activist. In the work, Winnemucca directly addresses the reader to explain certain customs, writing,       
Which quotation from Life Among the Paiutes most effectively illustrates the claim?
A
“During the time my grandfather was away in California, where he [stayed] till after the Mexican war, there was a girl-baby born in our family.”
B
“Now, my dear reader, there is no word so endearing as the word father, and that is why [my people] call all good people father or mother.”
C
“But how can I describe the scene that followed? Some of you, dear readers, can imagine.”
D
“We would all go in company to see if the flowers we were named for were yet in bloom, for almost all the girls are named for flowers.”