Question
This plan had seemed brilliant a week ago: meet over a cup of coffee. (2) But now, I just wasn't sure. (3) I turned to look at my parents, who were sitting at the table right behind me in the café. (4) I was going to do this on my own, but it was good to know my backup team was a mere table away.
(5) Today, I was going to meet my birth mother for the first time. (6) On my eighteenth birthday, my parents told me I was adopted, and I was shocked. (7) My friends had thrown a birthday party for me the night before, and I was tired. (8) Growing up, I was always told that I looked so much like both of my parents. (9) I thought adoption was something that happened to other kids, not a normal, boring girl like me.
(10) "Mary, I'm your birth mother," said a tall, brown-haired woman with a small smile on her face.
(11) At first, I hadn't wanted to know anything about my birth mother. (12) When I told my parents I wanted more information, they gave me a file and said I should read it if I wanted to know what they knew. (13) My parents didn't push me. (14) They told me to let them know if I changed my mind. (15) I did. (16) I changed my mind.
(17) And now here I was in a café staring down every woman who walked through the doors. (18) I kept wondering, "Is she my mother?" (19) I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm myself down.
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Which sentence should be removed from the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) to improve the flow of the paragraph?
A.
sentence 8
B.
sentence 9
C.
sentence 7
D.
sentence 6
(5) Today, I was going to meet my birth mother for the first time. (6) On my eighteenth birthday, my parents told me I was adopted, and I was shocked. (7) My friends had thrown a birthday party for me the night before, and I was tired. (8) Growing up, I was always told that I looked so much like both of my parents. (9) I thought adoption was something that happened to other kids, not a normal, boring girl like me.
(10) "Mary, I'm your birth mother," said a tall, brown-haired woman with a small smile on her face.
(11) At first, I hadn't wanted to know anything about my birth mother. (12) When I told my parents I wanted more information, they gave me a file and said I should read it if I wanted to know what they knew. (13) My parents didn't push me. (14) They told me to let them know if I changed my mind. (15) I did. (16) I changed my mind.
(17) And now here I was in a café staring down every woman who walked through the doors. (18) I kept wondering, "Is she my mother?" (19) I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm myself down.
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Which sentence should be removed from the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) to improve the flow of the paragraph?
A.
sentence 8
B.
sentence 9
C.
sentence 7
D.
sentence 6
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C. sentence 7
Sentence 7 (about the birthday party and being tired) interrupts the paragraph's focus on the narrator's reaction to learning she was adopted and her disbelief; removing it keeps the backstory and reflections about adoption flowing more smoothly.
Sentence 7 (about the birthday party and being tired) interrupts the paragraph's focus on the narrator's reaction to learning she was adopted and her disbelief; removing it keeps the backstory and reflections about adoption flowing more smoothly.
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