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The following text is from a novel. I have kept the same notebook open on the kitchen table for eleven years, and every morning I write one line in it about the weather. I do not know why. My wife says it is so that, whatever else the day takes from me, it will have to leave me that.

Which choice best describes what the text conveys about the narrator's habit?

  1. A. The narrator cannot explain it, but his wife sees it as a small, protected certainty in his day.Correct
  2. B. The narrator keeps the notebook to study the climate.
  3. C. The narrator's wife disapproves of the habit.
  4. D. The narrator began the habit recently.

Answer: A. The narrator cannot explain it, but his wife sees it as a small, protected certainty in his day.

'I do not know why'; his wife's explanation is about keeping one thing the day cannot take.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The narrator keeps the notebook to study the climate.
The narrator says he doesn't know why; climate study is not suggested.
C. The narrator's wife disapproves of the habit.
Her explanation is understanding, not disapproval.
D. The narrator began the habit recently.
Eleven years is not recent.

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