Roanoke Island Reading Passage Analysis

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In this set of materials, the reading passage describes a certain theory about a mysterious disappearance, and the listening passage casts doubt on this theory by providing information showing that the theory is not credible.
The reading passage explains what may have happened to a group of English colonists who disappeared from Roanoke Island in the late 1500s. Because the colonists carved the letters “Cro” on a three and the word “Croatan” on a fence post before they disappeared, a theory has been proposed that the colonists went to the nearby island of Croatan when they disappeared from Roanoke Island.
The listening passage casts doubt on the theory that the colonists went to nearby Croatan Island by listing the reasons that this mostly