Information and IdeasHardCentral idea of a literary text
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a novel.
Grandfather did not believe in maps. He would fold the one you offered him and put it in his pocket unread, and then take you by a route that no map showed, through a gap in a hedge, along the back of a mill, and out on the far side of the town before you had noticed you were lost.
Which choice best states the central idea of the text?
- A. The grandfather navigates by a private knowledge of the place that maps do not capture.Correct
- B. The grandfather often gets lost.
- C. The grandfather refuses to go into town.
- D. The maps of the town are inaccurate.
Answer: A. The grandfather navigates by a private knowledge of the place that maps do not capture.
Maps pocketed; routes no map shows.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The grandfather often gets lost.
- It is the narrator who might feel lost; he arrives.
- C. The grandfather refuses to go into town.
- He goes through it.
- D. The maps of the town are inaccurate.
- Not stated; his routes are simply not on them.
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