Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.

  1. whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,

  2. whose dream it is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,

  3. who it is his dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,

  4. that is dreaming to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,

  5. who has the dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The best answer is (1). The pronoun whose is the best way to link the dream with Robinson is a botanist.