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Craft and Structure practice question

The 'wishing chair' in the churchyard is a plain stone seat with a worn hollow. It was the mounting block for riders, and the hollow was worn by boots; the wishing came later, from children, and the vicar sees no reason to correct them.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

  1. A. To explain the seat's real origin while noting the newer belief attached to it.Correct
  2. B. To argue that the chair grants wishes.
  3. C. To describe the church.
  4. D. To complain about the children.

Answer: A. To explain the seat's real origin while noting the newer belief attached to it.

A mounting block; a wish invented later; left alone.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. To argue that the chair grants wishes.
Not argued.
C. To describe the church.
Not described.
D. To complain about the children.
No complaint.

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