by April Lindner
Text 2:
Though I’d kept to myself much of the time, I had gotten used to dorm life and sharing a suite and a bathroom with three other girls. In my tiny shoebox of a room, I had been surrounded by other people’s stereos, slamming doors, quarrels, late-night conversations, boyfriends sneaked in after hours. At Thornfield Park, I’d be living at the end of a long hallway, with no companionable sounds to ease my loneliness. I unpacked a few days’ worth of blouses and skirts and hung them up so they could uncrease. They looked paltry in the oversized, otherwise empty closet.
I splashed water on my face, brushed my teeth, and grimaced in the mirror. Quit worrying, I thought to myself. You’re living in a mansion. Really, how bad can it be?
From Jane by April Lindner, copyright © 2010. Reprinted by permission of Poppy, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Question
Use the summary and passage to answer the question.
Text 1:
The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë tells the story of Jane, starting from her beginnings as an orphan raised by Mrs. Reed, a cruel aunt. After being mistreated at her aunt’s home, Jane is sent to Lowood, a harsh boarding school, where she lives in poverty. Overcoming many difficulties, including an epidemic that takes the life of one of her few friends, she succeeds and goes on to become a teacher at the school. After two years, Jane is hired to be a governess at a large manor called Thornfield. Rochester, the master of Thornfield, hires her to teach a French girl named Adéle, whom Rochester has adopted. Jane finds herself secretly falling in love with Rochester.
According to the texts, what is a similarity between this scene from Jane and Jane Eyre, its source material?
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Responses
Both describe a heroine who has been involved with casual rule-breaking with boyfriends.
Both describe a heroine who has been involved with casual rule-breaking with boyfriends.
Both feature an ominously long, quiet hallway.
Both feature an ominously long, quiet hallway.
Both feature a heroine who comes to live at a mansion named Thornfield.
Both feature a heroine who comes to live at a mansion named Thornfield.
Both describe a background of crowded, raucous dormitory life.
Both describe a background of crowded, raucous dormitory life.
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The correct response based on the texts provided would be:
Both feature a heroine who comes to live at a mansion named Thornfield.
This option is accurate as both texts involve a character who arrives to live at Thornfield, connecting them despite the differences in their circumstances and settings. The details of living arrangements and backgrounds differ, but the mansion itself serves as a pivotal location in both stories.
