Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this excerpt? One must know the process of hiring servants.
It is important to always honor one's servants.
It is necessary to choose trustworthy servants.
The intelligence of servants must be considered.

The Central Idea of the excerpt (please see the attached) is Hence the correct answer is that it is crucial to choose servants that are trustworthy. Hence the correct answer is C.

The word Central idea is used to communicate the unifying idea or principle being communicated in a work of literature.

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.