<p>pg 537 #11. NOTE: Parenthesis indicate underlined segment of sentence.</p>
<p>The reason first novels are so often their writers' best work (is that it draws upon) all the experiences of childhood.</p>
<p>A) is that it draws upon</p>
<p>B) is that these first efforts draw upon</p>
<p>C) is because of these first efforts drawing from</p>
<p>D) is because of them drawing upon</p>
<p>E) is their drawing from</p>
<p>I chose D, because I thought it should've had "because". But the correct answer is B.</p>
<p>A: "it" doesn't refer to anything
C: No active verb. "drawing" sould be draw
D: "them" in ambiguous. could either refer to the writers or novels. And "because of them drawing upon" is wrong
E: doesn't make any sense.</p>
<p>btw, you can eliminate C and D if you know that "reason...is" is correct and "reason...because" is not. If you use "because", then you would not have "reason".</p>
<p>The "because" version of the sentence:</p>
<p>The first novels are so often their writers' best work because they draw upon all the experiences of childhood.</p>
<p>ah, thanks liebenasuka, you're a life saver!</p>