Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plans are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. In 1897, Lena Jordan performed the first triple somersault on the flying trapeze, but for years she did not get credit.
____ For the next sixty-six years, all the record books listed Clarke as the record holder, not Jordan.
____ When a second person, a man named Ernest Clarke, managed a triple somersault in 1909, he received national attention.
____ Only recently did the Guinness Book of World Records give Jordan sole credit for the first triple somersault in circus history.
____ In 1975, the Guinness Book of World Records finally listed Lena Jordan's achievement, but only in addition to Clarke's.
A) 4, 1, 3, 2
B) 3, 4, 2, 1
C) 2, 1, 4, 3

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The correct sequence starts with Lena Jordan's achievement in 1897, followed by Ernest Clarke's in 1909, then the 1975 acknowledgment by the Guinness Book of World Records, and finally, the recent correction giving Jordan sole credit.

Each Question Below Is a Plan for a Narrative Paragraph