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Read this excerpt from Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Which phrase provides a context clue that helps determine the meaning of the word ascertain?
She thought it never was before; indeed, she thought it much (A. so light). She stopped to (B. look about) her, and ascertain if her pursuers were yet in sight. No one appeared, and (C. for the first time), the question came up for settlement, 'Where, and (D. to whom), shall I go?'