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A critic claims that the narrator of the memoir describes her childhood home with affection rather than nostalgia.
Which quotation from the memoir best supports the critic's claim?
- A. "I loved the house, draughts and all, and I would not have it back; it was right for then, and then is over."Correct
- B. "If only we could return to the summers we had there."
- C. "The house had four bedrooms and a leaking roof."
- D. "I have never forgiven the place for what it did to my mother."
Answer: A. "I loved the house, draughts and all, and I would not have it back; it was right for then, and then is over."
Love for the house, combined with no wish to return.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "If only we could return to the summers we had there."
- That is nostalgia, the longing to return.
- C. "The house had four bedrooms and a leaking roof."
- Neutral description.
- D. "I have never forgiven the place for what it did to my mother."
- Resentment, not affection.
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