For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.
For help with this exercise, see Chapter 20.
example
A company on the Internet will let people search _______________ database for information about their ancestors.
a. its
b. their
My mother’s family has had _______________ history recorded in several different books because her ancestors were slaves on one of the wealthiest plantations in Mississippi.
| A. |
| B. |
Our local historical society asked if _______________ could have permission to research and write about our family.
| A. |
| B. |
The college in the town where my great-grandfather was born holds much information about my family in _______________ library.
| A. |
| B. |
The government of Mississippi kept records of all of _______________ citizens and their property.
| A. |
| B. |
Because slaves were considered property, the group of authors and researchers from the historical society was able to find the information _______________ needed in those records.
| A. |
| B. |
A committee that helps retrieve historical information about slaves offered _______________ assistance to the authors in gathering data.
| A. |
| B. |
When the books were published, the publishing company asked if _______________ could host a meeting with the authors to lecture about their findings.
| A. |
| B. |
When we got to the meeting, the audience was enormous and had lined _______________ up outside the meeting hall waiting to get in.
| A. |
| B. |
A team of journalists waited _______________ turn to take pictures of our family.
| A. |
| B. |
The crowd got to hear what _______________ had come for—my mother’s moving speech about her family and the authors’ recounting of what they found about her forebears.
| A. |
| B. |