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When we presently got under way and went poking down the broad Ohio, I became a new being, and the subject of my own admiration. I was a traveller! A word never had tasted so good in my mouth before. I had an exultant sense of being bound for mysterious lands and distant climes which I never have felt in so uplifting a degree since. I was in such a glorified condition that all ignoble feelings departed out of me, and I was able to look down and pity the untravelled with a compassion that had hardly a trace of contempt in it. Still, when we stopped at villages and wood-yards, I could not help lolling carelessly upon the railings of the boiler deck to enjoy the envy of the country boys on the bank. If they did not seem to discover me, I presently sneezed to attract their attention, or moved to a position where they could not help seeing me. And as soon as I knew they saw me I gaped and stretched, and gave other signs of being mightily bored with travelling.



(from ,begin underline,Life on the Mississippi,end underline, by Mark Twain)

Question 1
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.



,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, describes the author's point of view about his younger self in this passage?

Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
He wishes his younger self had taken a greater interest in travel.

2.
He thinks travel led his younger self to develop a sense of curiosity.

3.
He marvels at the accomplishments and maturity of his younger self.

4.
He finds the thoughts and behavior of his younger self to be amusing.

Question 2
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
How does the author develop the correctly stated point of view from Part A?

Question 2 Answer options with 4 options
1.
by telling about the steamboat getting "under way"

2.
by telling about the "mysterious lands" he planned to visit

3.
by telling about an unfamiliar but uplifting "glorified condition"

4.
by telling about acting "mightily bored" for a group of country boys

Answer 1

**Question 1**
**Part A:** The statement that best describes the author's point of view about his younger self in this passage is:
**4. He finds the thoughts and behavior of his younger self to be amusing.**

**Question 2**
**Part B:** The author develops the correctly stated point of view from Part A:
**4. by telling about acting "mightily bored" for a group of country boys.**

This choice supports the idea that the author finds his younger self's behavior amusing, as he intentionally draws attention to himself and pretends to be bored to elicit envy from the country boys.