Question
Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason."
The pages of the scrapbook were filled with clippings from newspapers, and they were all about Billy Mason and his team—the games they played and the plays he made. At the very end there was an article about Billy himself, how he was hardworking and courageous and how, in his rookie year, he was injured in a home-plate collision. He held onto the ball, won the game, and never played again. He took one for the team.
Billy closed the scrapbook. This was his father's scrapbook, left here in his grandmother’s house. Catcher Billy Mason was his father's hero. He had given his son his hero’s name as a kind of legacy. Billy held the scrapbook in his hands as he went downstairs to have his first real conversation with Grandma M.
Compared with Billy, Billy's father would have most likely reacted to finding the scrapbook by becoming
angry.
proud.
scared.
anxious.
The pages of the scrapbook were filled with clippings from newspapers, and they were all about Billy Mason and his team—the games they played and the plays he made. At the very end there was an article about Billy himself, how he was hardworking and courageous and how, in his rookie year, he was injured in a home-plate collision. He held onto the ball, won the game, and never played again. He took one for the team.
Billy closed the scrapbook. This was his father's scrapbook, left here in his grandmother’s house. Catcher Billy Mason was his father's hero. He had given his son his hero’s name as a kind of legacy. Billy held the scrapbook in his hands as he went downstairs to have his first real conversation with Grandma M.
Compared with Billy, Billy's father would have most likely reacted to finding the scrapbook by becoming
angry.
proud.
scared.
anxious.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Based on the excerpt, Billy's father would most likely have reacted to finding the scrapbook by becoming **proud**. The scrapbook is filled with articles highlighting his achievements and character, indicating that his father admired Billy Mason and took pride in his legacy.