by April Lindner
Lucia bent to adjust the dishwasher’s controls. “Bridget — her last nanny — drew her out of her shell and helped her to learn English. Now she speaks it all the time. Can you imagine being four years old and coming to live with a father you barely know in a place where nobody speaks your language? It took months, but Bridget helped Maddy become, I don’t know, more like a normal child. She’s an affectionate, funny kid. She can talk your ear off .”
“She must miss Bridget.” Maddy would have to get used to me, a whole new person in her life. I suspected the transition wouldn’t be easy.
“Maddy cried every night for a week,” Lucia said. “She still asks about her. I’ve been minding her as best I can, but there’s so much to take care of around here. I’ve only been able to watch Maddy with half an eye. I’m so glad you’re here now.”
I nodded. It sounded as though Maddy was in real need of consistency and love. It would be my job to give her those things. She would need to feel like the center of someone’s world, even if that someone was hired help. I knew what it felt like to be on the periphery, to feel unsafe and uncertain.
From Jane by April Lindner, copyright © 2010. Reprinted by permission of Poppy, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
This excerpt is from Jane, a modern retelling of the classic story Jane Eyre. Which fact about Jane’s character in the original Jane Eyre is reflected in the character of Jane in this excerpt?
(1 point)
Responses
In Jane Eyre, Jane spent her youth being overlooked and ignored.
In Jane Eyre , Jane spent her youth being overlooked and ignored.
In Jane Eyre, Jane forms a quick connection with the girl she is teaching.
In Jane Eyre , Jane forms a quick connection with the girl she is teaching.
In Jane Eyre, Jane enjoyed losing herself in the books she read.
In Jane Eyre, Jane enjoyed losing herself in the books she read.
In Jane Eyre, Jane secretly falls in love with the man who hires her as a governess.
In Jane Eyre , Jane secretly falls in love with the man who hires her as a governess.
1 answer
The fact about Jane’s character in the original Jane Eyre that is reflected in the character of Jane in this excerpt is:
In Jane Eyre, Jane spent her youth being overlooked and ignored.
This is evident in the excerpt where the character Jane reflects on her understanding of what it feels like to be on the periphery and to feel unsafe and uncertain, which parallels her experiences in the original novel.
