Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation supporting a claim about a setting
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic claims that in the novel the town is presented as a place that has stopped changing.
Which quotation from the novel most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "The shop signs were the same, the faces were the same, and the clock over the bank had said ten to four for as long as anyone could remember."Correct
- B. "The new bypass had brought a supermarket, and the high street was half empty."
- C. "She had never liked the town, and liked it less now."
- D. "The river was high after a week of rain."
Answer: A. "The shop signs were the same, the faces were the same, and the clock over the bank had said ten to four for as long as anyone could remember."
Same signs, same faces, a stopped clock: nothing changes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The new bypass had brought a supermarket, and the high street was half empty."
- Describes change.
- C. "She had never liked the town, and liked it less now."
- Her feelings, not the town's stasis.
- D. "The river was high after a week of rain."
- A passing condition.
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