Question

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A:
What can the reader most reasonably infer about how the narrator feels at the end of the selection when he learns about his reality?
A
He is unable to accept his dream.
B
He feels the desire to embrace his reality.
C
He is grateful that he is not in the hospital.
D
He wishes that he were in the world of his dream.
Part B

Which sentence from paragraph 17 best supports the answer to Part A?


A
The water in the bottle on the night table was somewhat bubbly, a translucent shape against the dark azure shadow of the windows.
B
It was difficult to keep his eyes open, the drowsiness was more powerful than he.
C
He managed to close his eyelids again, although he knew now he was not going to wake up, that . . . the marvelous dream had been the other. . . .
D
In the infinite lie of the dream, they had also picked him up off the ground. . . .

Answer 1

Part A: D

Part B: C

Explanation: Sentence C says the narrator realizes “the marvelous dream had been the other” and that he won’t wake into it, which supports that he wishes he were in the dream world.