Information and IdeasVery hardWhat a passage conveys about a character's relationship with a place
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The following text is from a novel.
Nadia had left the town at eighteen swearing never to return, and she had kept her word for twenty years. Now, walking its one street, she found she knew which paving stone rocked underfoot before she stepped on it, and that her feet had slowed of their own accord outside the bakery.
Which choice best describes what the text conveys about Nadia?
- A. Despite her long absence and her resolve, her body remembers the town in ways she did not expect.Correct
- B. She has forgotten the town entirely.
- C. She has returned to the town many times.
- D. She dislikes the bakery.
Answer: A. Despite her long absence and her resolve, her body remembers the town in ways she did not expect.
Knowing the rocking stone, feet slowing at the bakery: the town is still in her.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. She has forgotten the town entirely.
- She knows the stone before stepping on it.
- C. She has returned to the town many times.
- She kept her word for twenty years.
- D. She dislikes the bakery.
- Her feet slowed there, suggesting fondness.
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