Question

Read the excerpt from “George Washington.”

Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon, for he died of a throat infection December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him.

Which provides the best objective summary of this excerpt?

Washington developed a throat infection and died in 1799, less than three years after he retired at Mount Vernon.
Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon before he died of a throat infection.
Washington spent his retirement at Mount Vernon. However, this retirement lasted less than three years.

Answer 1

b

Answer 2

understand?