Information and IdeasEasyCentral Ideas and Details (literary text — character's situation and feeling)
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a short story.
Mira had promised herself that she would not look back at the old house. She walked down the lane with her suitcase, counting her steps and keeping her eyes on the dust in front of her. But at the turn in the road she stopped. The kitchen window still held the same crooked curtain her grandmother had hung years ago, and Mira found that she could not make her feet move again until she had looked at it for a long moment.
Based on the text, which statement about Mira is true?
- A. She has forgotten what the old house looks like.
- B. She dislikes the old house and is relieved to be rid of it.
- C. She is returning to the old house after having been away for many years.
- D. She finds leaving the old house harder than she had intended it to be.Correct
Answer: D. She finds leaving the old house harder than she had intended it to be.
Mira promises not to look back and tries to keep her eyes ahead, yet she stops, looks at the window, and cannot move on — showing that the departure is harder than she planned, as (D) says. (A) contradicts the detail that she recognizes the 'same crooked curtain' her grandmother hung. (B) contradicts her lingering, emotional pause; nothing indicates dislike or relief. (C) reverses the direction of the action: she is walking away down the lane with a suitcase, not arriving.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. She has forgotten what the old house looks like.
- She recognizes the 'same crooked curtain' her grandmother hung years ago, so she clearly remembers the house well.
- B. She dislikes the old house and is relieved to be rid of it.
- Her stopping and gazing at the window for a long moment shows attachment, not dislike or relief — the text gives no sign she wanted to be rid of the house.
- C. She is returning to the old house after having been away for many years.
- You reversed the direction of her journey: she's walking down the lane with a suitcase and refusing to look back, which means she's leaving, not arriving.
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