Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation supporting a claim about a relationship
Information and Ideas practice question
In a novel, two neighbours are described as being on friendly terms despite a long-running dispute about a hedge.
Which quotation from the novel most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "They argued about the hedge every spring and then went in together for tea, as they had for twenty years."Correct
- B. "They had not spoken since the hedge went in."
- C. "The hedge was six feet high and needed cutting."
- D. "They agreed about the hedge and about everything else."
Answer: A. "They argued about the hedge every spring and then went in together for tea, as they had for twenty years."
Argued, then tea together.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "They had not spoken since the hedge went in."
- Hostility, not friendliness.
- C. "The hedge was six feet high and needed cutting."
- No relationship shown.
- D. "They agreed about the hedge and about everything else."
- No dispute.
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