Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a character's pride
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the novel's protagonist, Halvard, is too proud to accept help even when he needs it.
Which quotation from the novel would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'The cart was stuck to its axles, and when the neighbour offered his horse, Halvard thanked him and said he would manage, and stood in the mud until dark.'Correct
- B. 'Halvard was the tallest man in the parish and knew it.'
- C. 'He accepted the loan gratefully and repaid it within the year.'
- D. 'The neighbours thought him quiet but kind.'
Answer: A. 'The cart was stuck to its axles, and when the neighbour offered his horse, Halvard thanked him and said he would manage, and stood in the mud until dark.'
Refusing the horse and standing in the mud until dark: needing help and declining it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'Halvard was the tallest man in the parish and knew it.'
- Height and awareness of it are not refusal of help.
- C. 'He accepted the loan gratefully and repaid it within the year.'
- Accepting a loan is the opposite of the claim.
- D. 'The neighbours thought him quiet but kind.'
- 'Quiet but kind' says nothing about pride.
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