Question

Read the passage from The Phantom Tollbooth.

"Oh no," said Milo seriously. "In my family we all start on the ground and grow up, and we never know how far until we actually get there."

"What a silly system." The boy laughed. "Then your head keeps changing its height and you always see things in a different way? Why, when you're fifteen things won't look at all the way they did when you were ten, and at twenty everything will change again."

How does Alec believe that "growing down" instead of "growing up" affects a person's perspective?

It helps a person to choose his or her perspective.
It helps a person keep his or her perspective the same.
It makes a person keep changing his or her perspective.
It makes a person confused about his or her perspective.

Answer 1

Alec believes that "growing down" instead of "growing up" affects a person's perspective by suggesting that it makes a person keep changing his or her perspective. This is evident from the way he describes how the view of the world changes as a person ages—indicating that as people grow older (or "grow up"), their understanding and perception of things evolve and shift. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**It makes a person keep changing his or her perspective.**