Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation supporting a claim about a setting
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the story's opening establishes the town as a place that time has passed by.
Which quotation from the story would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'The railway had stopped calling at Denby in 1962, and the station clock had stopped, as if in sympathy, the following spring.'Correct
- B. 'Denby's market square was crowded every Thursday.'
- C. 'A new supermarket had opened on the ring road.'
- D. 'The river ran fast and brown after the rain.'
Answer: A. 'The railway had stopped calling at Denby in 1962, and the station clock had stopped, as if in sympathy, the following spring.'
A railway that stopped calling and a clock that stopped: time passing the town by.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'Denby's market square was crowded every Thursday.'
- A crowded market suggests life, not neglect.
- C. 'A new supermarket had opened on the ring road.'
- A new supermarket suggests change and activity.
- D. 'The river ran fast and brown after the rain.'
- The river says nothing about the town's fortunes.
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