There are a few issues with E in addition to the use of plural 'them' . IMO, the pronoun 'who' does not go well with an animal. It should have been 'that' instead of 'who'. Secondly, the use of 'had travelled' is inappropriate as clarification for time sense is not required there. Whereas, the use of 'had predicted' is justified because it happened before 'struggled'.

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Official Solution:

The deer, despite having traveled hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness and therefore being free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers, struggled to acclimate to the habitat that wildlife biologists had predicted would enable it to thrive.

A. despite having traveled hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness and therefore being free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers
B. despite having traveled hundreds of miles from home to the Canadian wilderness where they would now be free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers
C. despite having traveled hundreds of miles from home to reach the Canadian wilderness that offered freedom to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers
D. even after traveling hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness where they could freely roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers
E. who had traveled hundreds of miles from home to the Canadian wilderness that would offer them freedom to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers


This sentence is entirely about 'The Whole Sentence Matters". Without recognizing the pronoun "it" toward the end of the sentence, far from the underline, you'd struggle to gain a foothold here. "Deer" is both singular and plural, so if you didn't notice that defining singular pronoun It" you wouldn't be turned off by the presence of "they", "their, and "them" in choices A, B, D, and E. But the word "it" makes "deer° singular, and only choice C (which avoids the use of a second pronoun) can then be correct.


Answer: C
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Replacing the pronoun it in the given sentence with plural pronoun them, the sentence is as follows
can some one explain which of the options are correct or wrong based on following aspects

1. from home/their home to CW/reach CW
2. despite having traveled vs even after traveling
3.
therefore being free vs
where they would now be free vs
that offered freedom to roam vs
where they could freely roam vs
that would offer them freedom

The deer, despite having traveled hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness and therefore being free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers, struggled to acclimate to the habitat that wildlife biologists had predicted would enable them to thrive.

(A) despite having traveled hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness and therefore being free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers

(B) despite having traveled hundreds of miles from home to the Canadian wilderness where they would now be free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers

(C) despite having traveled hundreds of miles from home to reach the Canadian wilderness that offered freedom to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers

(D) even after traveling hundreds of miles from their home to reach the Canadian wilderness where they could freely roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers

(E) who had traveled hundreds of miles from home to the Canadian wilderness that would offer them freedom to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers

The deer, who had traveled hundreds of miles from home to the Canadian wilderness that would offer them freedom to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers, struggled to acclimate to the habitat that wildlife biologists had predicted would enable it to thrive.

should be E
why?
deer had travelled and then struggled

having travelled and then struggled is not correct

Infact E is wrong because of the usage them but C cant be right

Good point korhiyatryinghard! Wonder what the source is.
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I have a doubt.

is "Despite + verb-ing" acceptable in GMAT?

C for me,,,

deer is singular and the pronoun for deer should be singular,,
hence C