Information and IdeasMediumQuotation supporting a claim about a character's generosity
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the shopkeeper in the story quietly helps customers who are struggling.
Which quotation from the story would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'When old Mr Petrov came in, she weighed his flour and somehow the scale always read a little heavy, and the price a little light.'Correct
- B. 'She kept the shop open until seven every evening.'
- C. 'The shop had been in her family for sixty years.'
- D. 'She counted the change twice before handing it over.'
Answer: A. 'When old Mr Petrov came in, she weighed his flour and somehow the scale always read a little heavy, and the price a little light.'
A heavy scale and a light price for an old customer, unannounced: quiet help.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'She kept the shop open until seven every evening.'
- Long hours, not generosity.
- C. 'The shop had been in her family for sixty years.'
- Family history.
- D. 'She counted the change twice before handing it over.'
- Care with money, not generosity.
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