Information and IdeasVery hardWhat a passage conveys about a character's motive
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The following text is from a novel.
Every Sunday Petra walked the four miles to her brother's farm, ate the meal his wife set before her, and walked home. They spoke of the weather and the price of feed. She did not go for the conversation, nor really for the meal; she went so that on Monday she could say she had been.
Which choice best describes what the text conveys about why Petra visits her brother?
- A. She visits out of a sense of obligation, valuing the fact of having gone more than the visit itself.Correct
- B. She visits because she enjoys the conversation.
- C. She visits mainly for the meal.
- D. She visits to discuss the farm's finances.
Answer: A. She visits out of a sense of obligation, valuing the fact of having gone more than the visit itself.
'Not for the conversation, nor really for the meal'; 'so that on Monday she could say she had been'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. She visits because she enjoys the conversation.
- The text rules that out.
- C. She visits mainly for the meal.
- 'Nor really for the meal.'
- D. She visits to discuss the farm's finances.
- They talk of weather and feed prices, not finances, and that isn't her motive.
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