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In a novel, a character is described as someone who cannot pass a bookshop without going in.

Which quotation from the novel most effectively illustrates the claim?

  1. A. "She was late again, and again the excuse was a shop with books in the window, in which she had somehow spent forty minutes."Correct
  2. B. "She walked past the bookshop without a glance, being late."
  3. C. "She preferred the library, where the books were free."
  4. D. "She read in bed until the candle guttered."

Answer: A. "She was late again, and again the excuse was a shop with books in the window, in which she had somehow spent forty minutes."

Late again, forty minutes among books.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "She walked past the bookshop without a glance, being late."
The opposite.
C. "She preferred the library, where the books were free."
Libraries, not shops.
D. "She read in bed until the candle guttered."
Reading, not shops.

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