Quote:
Native to the warmer parts of southern Africa, the mopane worm, a large caterpillar consumed by millions of Africans and that resembled silkworms, are often canned in tomato sauce or chili sauce to enhance flavor.
(A) consumed by millions of Africans and that resembled silkworms
(B) consumed by millions of Africans and resembling silkworms --> both modify large caterpillar
(C) that is consumed by millions of Africans and that, resembling silkworms
(D) that is consumed by millions of Africans and it resembles silkworms
(E) consumed by millions of Africans and that, resembling silkworms
In the above sentence,
"Native to the warmer parts of southern Africa" correctly modifies "the mopane worm"
"a large caterpillar" also modifies "the mopane worm"
"consumed by millions of Africans" and "resembled silkworms" modifiy "a large caterpillar" which in turn modifies "the mopane worm".
But "that" used after "and" creates parallelism error.
POE:
A) consumed by millions of Africans and
that resembled silkworms:
Parallelism error(B)
consumed by millions of Africans and
resembling silkworms --> both consumed by and resembling silkworms modify a large caterpillar correctly.
(C)
that is consumed by millions of Africans and
that, resembling silkworms --> here the mopane worm has no verb in the sentence
(D) that is consumed by millions of Africans and
it resembles silkworms--> Incorrect sentence formation, makes no sense.
(E) consumed by millions of Africans
and that, resembling silkworms --> same as C, the mopane worm has no verb in the sentence
Option B is the answer