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Christopher tried not to stare as his father stood at the pink counter, trying to order snacks for them. It was eleven in the morning, but to Christopher it seemed like it was night time. The flight and the sixteen-hour time difference had resulted in severe jet lag and, although Christopher had slept for a few hours in the new apartment, he still felt confused and exhausted.
Traveling from San Francisco to Seoul, they had somehow lost an entire day! Christopher’s dad tried to explain the international date line and the time difference, but Christopher’s brain was not yet up to the task of understanding. Really, where had that day gone?!
Sitting on a pink couch, with pink walls surrounding him and pink lights shining down onto every surface, Christopher felt like he had walked into another world. Watching his dad test out his rusty Korean with the lady behind the counter, Christopher was struck by how very far away from home they were. He thought about his friends and looked at his watch, attempting to calculate. It would be 7 p.m. in San Francisco now. But 7 p.m. yesterday! The idea was bewildering. He looked around again, feeling like the odd person out.
What can be inferred from the text, even though it is not directly stated?
Christopher has never been to South Korea before.
Coming to South Korea was Christopher’s idea.
Christopher already knows how to speak Korean.
Christopher is going to board a plane back to San Francisco later that afternoon.
Traveling from San Francisco to Seoul, they had somehow lost an entire day! Christopher’s dad tried to explain the international date line and the time difference, but Christopher’s brain was not yet up to the task of understanding. Really, where had that day gone?!
Sitting on a pink couch, with pink walls surrounding him and pink lights shining down onto every surface, Christopher felt like he had walked into another world. Watching his dad test out his rusty Korean with the lady behind the counter, Christopher was struck by how very far away from home they were. He thought about his friends and looked at his watch, attempting to calculate. It would be 7 p.m. in San Francisco now. But 7 p.m. yesterday! The idea was bewildering. He looked around again, feeling like the odd person out.
What can be inferred from the text, even though it is not directly stated?
Christopher has never been to South Korea before.
Coming to South Korea was Christopher’s idea.
Christopher already knows how to speak Korean.
Christopher is going to board a plane back to San Francisco later that afternoon.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The inference that can be drawn from the text is that **Christopher has never been to South Korea before.** This is suggested by his sense of confusion and disorientation regarding the new environment, as well as his feelings about being very far from home and his friends. There is no indication that coming to South Korea was his idea, nor is there any suggestion that he already knows how to speak Korean; in fact, his father's "rusty" Korean implies that Christopher is not fluent in the language. Additionally, there is no mention of Christopher boarding a plane back to San Francisco later that afternoon.