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A reviewer claims that the narrator of the memoir is homesick.

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

  1. A. "Every smell of bread from the bakery took me straight back to my mother's kitchen, and I had to look away."Correct
  2. B. "The city had wide streets and tall grey buildings."
  3. C. "I took the tram to work each morning."
  4. D. "My new flat had two rooms and a small balcony."

Answer: A. "Every smell of bread from the bakery took me straight back to my mother's kitchen, and I had to look away."

A smell that carries her home, and pain at it.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "The city had wide streets and tall grey buildings."
Description of the city.
C. "I took the tram to work each morning."
Routine.
D. "My new flat had two rooms and a small balcony."
Description of the flat.

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