Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a narrator
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the narrator of the short story distrusts her own success.
Which quotation from the story would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'When the prize was announced, I looked around for the person they must have meant.'Correct
- B. 'I had worked for it, and I said so.'
- C. 'The hall was full, and warm, and loud.'
- D. 'My mother wept; my brother left early.'
Answer: A. 'When the prize was announced, I looked around for the person they must have meant.'
Looking for 'the person they must have meant' is the narrator assuming the prize can't really be hers — distrust of her own success.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'I had worked for it, and I said so.'
- This shows confidence in having earned the prize, the opposite of distrust.
- C. 'The hall was full, and warm, and loud.'
- A description of the room says nothing about the narrator's attitude.
- D. 'My mother wept; my brother left early.'
- The family's reactions don't reveal the narrator's view of her success.
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