Question
adapted from Ripe Figs
by Kate Chopin
Maman-Nainaine said that when the figs were ripe, Babette might go to visit her cousins down on the Bayou-Lafourche where the sugar cane grows. Not that the ripening of figs had the least thing to do with it, but that is the way Maman-Nainaine was.
It seemed to Babette a very long time to wait; for the leaves upon the trees were tender yet, and the figs were like little hard, green marbles.
But warm rains came along and plenty of strong sunshine, and though Maman-Naiaine was as patient as the statue of la Madone, and Babette as restless as a humming-bird, the first thing they both knew it was hot summer-time. Every day Babette danced out to where the fig-trees were in a long line against the fence. She walked slowly beneath them, carefully peering between the gnarled, spreading branches. But each time she became saddened again. What she saw there finally was something that made her sing and dance the whole long day.
When Maman-Nainaine sat down in her stately way to breakfast, the following morning, her cloth cap standing like an aureole about her placid face, Babette approached. She bore a dainty porcelain platter, which she set down before her patroness. It contained a dozen purple figs, fringed around with their rich, green leaves.
"Ah," said Maman-Nainaine, arching her eyebrows, "how early the figs have ripened this year!"
"Oh," said Babette, "I think they have ripened very late."
5
How does Babette react to the setting?
A.
She becomes crafty and plans a way to sneak down to breakfast earlier than usual to share the dozen purple figs.
B.
She is frustrated that summer-time had not yet reached because that was a sign that she could go visit her cousins.
C.
She becomes impatient because she knows how much singing and dancing she missed out on because of the warm summer rains.
D.
She is thrilled because the figs on the trees were like hard green marbles that indicated summer-time has arrived.
by Kate Chopin
Maman-Nainaine said that when the figs were ripe, Babette might go to visit her cousins down on the Bayou-Lafourche where the sugar cane grows. Not that the ripening of figs had the least thing to do with it, but that is the way Maman-Nainaine was.
It seemed to Babette a very long time to wait; for the leaves upon the trees were tender yet, and the figs were like little hard, green marbles.
But warm rains came along and plenty of strong sunshine, and though Maman-Naiaine was as patient as the statue of la Madone, and Babette as restless as a humming-bird, the first thing they both knew it was hot summer-time. Every day Babette danced out to where the fig-trees were in a long line against the fence. She walked slowly beneath them, carefully peering between the gnarled, spreading branches. But each time she became saddened again. What she saw there finally was something that made her sing and dance the whole long day.
When Maman-Nainaine sat down in her stately way to breakfast, the following morning, her cloth cap standing like an aureole about her placid face, Babette approached. She bore a dainty porcelain platter, which she set down before her patroness. It contained a dozen purple figs, fringed around with their rich, green leaves.
"Ah," said Maman-Nainaine, arching her eyebrows, "how early the figs have ripened this year!"
"Oh," said Babette, "I think they have ripened very late."
5
How does Babette react to the setting?
A.
She becomes crafty and plans a way to sneak down to breakfast earlier than usual to share the dozen purple figs.
B.
She is frustrated that summer-time had not yet reached because that was a sign that she could go visit her cousins.
C.
She becomes impatient because she knows how much singing and dancing she missed out on because of the warm summer rains.
D.
She is thrilled because the figs on the trees were like hard green marbles that indicated summer-time has arrived.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best answer to how Babette reacts to the setting is:
B. She is frustrated that summer-time had not yet reached because that was a sign that she could go visit her cousins.
This option captures her impatience during the waiting period for the figs to ripen and her desire to visit her cousins, which is linked to the arrival of summer.
B. She is frustrated that summer-time had not yet reached because that was a sign that she could go visit her cousins.
This option captures her impatience during the waiting period for the figs to ripen and her desire to visit her cousins, which is linked to the arrival of summer.