Information and IdeasHardCentral idea of a literary text
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a novel.
When the money came, Dov did not move house or change his coat. He paid off the shop's debts, and then, for the first time in thirty years, he closed on Wednesday afternoons and walked by the river, which had always been there and which he had never once, in thirty years, had time to look at.
Which choice best states the central idea of the text?
- A. Dov uses his windfall not for possessions but to buy himself the time he had always lacked.Correct
- B. Dov spends the money on a new house.
- C. Dov gives the money away.
- D. Dov dislikes the river.
Answer: A. Dov uses his windfall not for possessions but to buy himself the time he had always lacked.
Same coat, same house; Wednesday afternoons by the river.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Dov spends the money on a new house.
- He did not move.
- C. Dov gives the money away.
- He paid the debts and kept the shop.
- D. Dov dislikes the river.
- He walks by it at last.
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