read the passage from sugar changed the world. a stream of pale ash - colored syrup gushed out from the mills, bubbling white with foam. the liquid rushed down a wooden gutter directly into the boiling house, a building of massive furnaces and cauldrons, where the syrup was heated and strained and turned into crystals. a giant copper kettle—often about four feet across and three feet deep—waited for the pale river. this was the first in a series of ever - smaller cauldrons, and beneath each gaped what the brazilians called the \great open mouths\—the huge furnaces that had to be constantly filled with the wood that workers had chopped down and hauled to be ready for this moment. the boiling house was as perilous as the mills, for if a person nodded off for a second, he or she could slip into a bubbling vat. mammoth fires burned in the \mouths,\ clouds of which text evidence best supports the authors claim that sugar processing was a long and difficult process? \a stream of pale ash - colored syrup gushed out from the mills.\ hen there was the smell, or rather, the stench of the boiling liquid.\ \as the sugar cane juice boiled, a foul scum rose to the top.\ \over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified.\

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read the passage from sugar changed the world. a stream of pale ash - colored syrup gushed out from the mills, bubbling white with foam. the liquid rushed down a wooden gutter directly into the boiling house, a building of massive furnaces and cauldrons, where the syrup was heated and strained and turned into crystals. a giant copper kettle—often about four feet across and three feet deep—waited for the pale river. this was the first in a series of ever - smaller cauldrons, and beneath each gaped what the brazilians called the \great open mouths\—the huge furnaces that had to be constantly filled with the wood that workers had chopped down and hauled to be ready for this moment. the boiling house was as perilous as the mills, for if a person nodded off for a second, he or she could slip into a bubbling vat. mammoth fires burned in the \mouths,\ clouds of which text evidence best supports the authors claim that sugar processing was a long and difficult process?  \a stream of pale ash - colored syrup gushed out from the mills.\  	hen there was the smell, or rather, the stench of the boiling liquid.\  \as the sugar cane juice boiled, a foul scum rose to the top.\  \over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified.\

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the best text evidence, we analyze each option:
- The first option describes syrup gushing out, which doesn't show difficulty or length.
- The second option focuses on the smell, not the process's difficulty or duration.
- The third option mentions scum rising, which is a part of the process but not enough to show it's long and difficult.
- The fourth option, "Over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified," indicates repetition and multiple steps, supporting that sugar processing was long (repeated actions) and difficult (needing constant purification).

# Answer:
D. "Over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified." (Note: Assuming the options are labeled A - D as per typical multiple - choice, with the last option being D. If the original options had different labels, adjust accordingly based on the last option's text.)

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