Information and IdeasHardChoosing a quotation that illustrates a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the speaker of a poem feels torn about leaving home — eager to go and yet reluctant.
Which quotation from the poem would best support the student's claim?
- A. "I packed with eager hands, then sat an hour on the stairs."Correct
- B. "The morning train was late again."
- C. "My mother waved until the road bent out of sight."
- D. "I never once looked back."
Answer: A. "I packed with eager hands, then sat an hour on the stairs."
The claim has two sides, eagerness and reluctance. Choice A contains both in one line: eager packing, then an hour of sitting still.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The morning train was late again."
- A late train tells us nothing about the speaker's feelings.
- C. "My mother waved until the road bent out of sight."
- This describes the mother, not the speaker's mixed feelings.
- D. "I never once looked back."
- 'Never once looked back' suggests no reluctance at all — the opposite of torn.
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