Question
The provided text consists of three paragraphs, numbered 3, 4, and 5.
Paragraph 3:
"As they took their seats at the dinner table, Mama urged, 'Malik, tell us about your meeting with the coach. How did it go?'"
Paragraph 4:
"Malik sighed. He'd been named captain of his soccer team. That meant what was a lot of meetings with the coach about money. Coach Garcia's idea of a fundraiser was the car wash they held last week. The team washed two cars and made $10. Pathetic. They'd have to raise hundreds of dollars in the next month to replace their faded gray jerseys, and that seemed unlikely unless Malik came up with a brilliant plan. The whole thing was a disaster."
Paragraph 5:
"'Good,' Malik said."
Question
The question asks: "Based on the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs, why is Malik's one-word reply to his mother strange?"
Answer Choices
The three answer choices are:
It shows that Malik isn't worried about raising money after all.
It interrupts the flow of the story.
It is contrary to Malik's true thoughts.
Paragraph 3:
"As they took their seats at the dinner table, Mama urged, 'Malik, tell us about your meeting with the coach. How did it go?'"
Paragraph 4:
"Malik sighed. He'd been named captain of his soccer team. That meant what was a lot of meetings with the coach about money. Coach Garcia's idea of a fundraiser was the car wash they held last week. The team washed two cars and made $10. Pathetic. They'd have to raise hundreds of dollars in the next month to replace their faded gray jerseys, and that seemed unlikely unless Malik came up with a brilliant plan. The whole thing was a disaster."
Paragraph 5:
"'Good,' Malik said."
Question
The question asks: "Based on the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs, why is Malik's one-word reply to his mother strange?"
Answer Choices
The three answer choices are:
It shows that Malik isn't worried about raising money after all.
It interrupts the flow of the story.
It is contrary to Malik's true thoughts.
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Malik's one-word reply, "Good," is strange because it is contrary to Malik's true thoughts. In paragraph 4, he expresses significant concern about the fundraising situation and considers it a disaster. His casual response to his mother does not reflect the worries he has just articulated about the difficulty of raising money for the team's jerseys. Therefore, the correct answer choice is:
**It is contrary to Malik's true thoughts.**
**It is contrary to Malik's true thoughts.**