Information and IdeasHardMain idea: a carnival queen chosen by lot
Information and Ideas practice question
The town's carnival queen is chosen each year by lot, not by vote. The rule dates from 1922, when two candidates' families fell out so badly that the carnival was cancelled. Nobody has proposed a return to voting; the town, its clerk says, remembers 1922.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The town keeps its lottery rule to avoid repeating an old quarrel.Correct
- B. The carnival was cancelled in 1922.
- C. The town clerk chooses the queen.
- D. Voting is unfair.
Answer: A. The town keeps its lottery rule to avoid repeating an old quarrel.
A quarrel remembered, a rule kept.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The carnival was cancelled in 1922.
- A detail.
- C. The town clerk chooses the queen.
- The lot chooses.
- D. Voting is unfair.
- Not claimed.
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