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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two observations

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The farmhouse kitchen has a wide, shallow arch in one wall, now filled with a modern stove. Text 2 Before the 1850s, farmhouse kitchens cooked on an open hearth set in a broad arch, which was often bricked up when a cast-iron range was installed.

Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____

  1. A. the arch is probably the farmhouse's original open hearth.Correct
  2. B. the arch was built for the modern stove.
  3. C. the farmhouse was built after 1850.
  4. D. the kitchen never had a fire.

Answer: A. the arch is probably the farmhouse's original open hearth.

A broad arch; the old hearth.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the arch was built for the modern stove.
The arch predates modern stoves.
C. the farmhouse was built after 1850.
The arch suggests the reverse.
D. the kitchen never had a fire.
The arch was the fire.

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