Information and IdeasHardMain idea: a tiny school's famous pupils
Information and Ideas practice question
The village school has never had more than thirty pupils. It has, however, produced two judges, an admiral, and a poet, a record the head teacher attributes not to the teaching but to the fact that in a class of six nobody can hide.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The school's small size, rather than its teaching, is credited with its notable former pupils.Correct
- B. The school has thirty pupils.
- C. The head teacher is modest.
- D. Judges and admirals come from villages.
Answer: A. The school's small size, rather than its teaching, is credited with its notable former pupils.
Nobody can hide.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The school has thirty pupils.
- Never more than thirty.
- C. The head teacher is modest.
- Modesty is not the point.
- D. Judges and admirals come from villages.
- Not claimed.
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