Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of the last sentence about a disused mill
Craft and Structure practice question
The census of 1851 records the family as living at the mill. The census of 1861 records them at the mill still, but the mill itself is listed as disused. Nobody has explained how a family lived ten years in a mill that had stopped, or on what. The parish accounts, which list the poor relief paid each quarter, may hold the answer, and nobody has read them.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence in the text as a whole?
- A. It points to an unexamined source that might resolve the puzzle the text raises.Correct
- B. It explains how the family lived.
- C. It describes the mill's machinery.
- D. It argues that the census was wrong.
Answer: A. It points to an unexamined source that might resolve the puzzle the text raises.
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Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It explains how the family lived.
- The question stays open.
- C. It describes the mill's machinery.
- No machinery.
- D. It argues that the census was wrong.
- The census is not doubted.
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