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A reviewer claims that the narrator of the novel regrets leaving her home town.

Which quotation from the novel best supports the reviewer's claim?

  1. A. "I told myself the city was the future; I have spent twenty years wishing I had stayed."Correct
  2. B. "The town had one main street and a river."
  3. C. "I took the early train and did not look back."
  4. D. "My mother wrote every week."

Answer: A. "I told myself the city was the future; I have spent twenty years wishing I had stayed."

Twenty years of wishing she had stayed.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "The town had one main street and a river."
Description.
C. "I took the early train and did not look back."
Leaving without regret.
D. "My mother wrote every week."
About her mother.

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