Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a character's evasiveness
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the innkeeper in the story avoids answering direct questions.
Which quotation from the story would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'Asked whether the room had been let the night before, the innkeeper remarked that the weather had turned and went to see about the fire.'Correct
- B. 'The innkeeper said the room had been empty for a week.'
- C. 'The innkeeper was a tall man with a grey beard.'
- D. 'The inn stood at the crossroads below the moor.'
Answer: A. 'Asked whether the room had been let the night before, the innkeeper remarked that the weather had turned and went to see about the fire.'
A direct question answered with the weather and an exit: evasion.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The innkeeper said the room had been empty for a week.'
- A direct answer.
- C. 'The innkeeper was a tall man with a grey beard.'
- Description, not behaviour.
- D. 'The inn stood at the crossroads below the moor.'
- About the inn.
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