Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation supporting a claim about a character's frugality
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the grandmother in the story wastes nothing.
Which quotation from the story would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'She kept the string from every parcel in a tin, wound tight, and the tin had been full for as long as anyone could remember.'Correct
- B. 'She bought a new coat every winter.'
- C. 'The house was large and cold.'
- D. 'She gave the children sweets on Sundays.'
Answer: A. 'She kept the string from every parcel in a tin, wound tight, and the tin had been full for as long as anyone could remember.'
Saving every scrap of string: waste nothing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'She bought a new coat every winter.'
- A new coat yearly is the opposite of frugal.
- C. 'The house was large and cold.'
- About the house, not her habits.
- D. 'She gave the children sweets on Sundays.'
- Generosity, not frugality.
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