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Information and Ideas practice question
When the library abolished fines for overdue books, staff expected returns to slow. Instead, books came back sooner on average, and several hundred long-overdue books reappeared within a month. The librarians concluded that fines had ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. been discouraging some borrowers from returning books at all.Correct
- B. never been collected.
- C. made borrowers return books more quickly.
- D. been too small to matter.
Answer: A. been discouraging some borrowers from returning books at all.
Long-overdue books came back once fines were gone.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. never been collected.
- Nothing suggests fines were uncollected.
- C. made borrowers return books more quickly.
- Returns got faster without fines.
- D. been too small to matter.
- Their removal had a large effect.
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