Question

What can readers most logically infer from the passage?
A. Stephen’s parents are relieved that he has been accepted by the school.
B. Stephen’s parents are proud of him for getting accepted by the school.
C. Stephen is looking forward to returning home at break.
D. Stephen is hoping to improve as an athlete.

Part B

Click on the highlighted text from the passage that best supports the answer to Part A.

Paragraph 1
1 The wide playgrounds were swarming with boys. All were shouting and the prefects urged them on with strong cries. The evening air was pale and chilly and after every charge and thud of the footballers the greasy leather orb flew like a heavy bird through the grey light. [Stephen] kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then. He felt his body small and weak amid the throng of players and his eyes were weak and watery. Rody Kickham was not like that: he would be captain of the third line all the fellows said.unselected Press enter to select this hot-text choice
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7 That was not a nice expression. His mother had told him not to speak with the rough boys in the college. Nice mother! The first day in the hall of the castle when she had said goodbye she had put up her veil double to her nose to kiss him: and her nose and eyes were red. But he had pretended not to see that she was going to cry. unselected Press enter to select this hot-text choiceShe was a nice mother but she was not so nice when she cried. And his father had given him two five-shilling pieces for pocket money. unselected Press enter to select this hot-text choiceAnd his father had told him if he wanted anything to write home to him and, whatever he did, never to peach on a fellow. Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother in it. They had cried to him from the car, waving their hands:
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10 He was caught in the whirl of a scrimmage and, fearful of the flashing eyes and muddy boots, bent down to look through the legs. The fellows were struggling and groaning and their legs were rubbing and kicking and stamping. Then Jack Lawton’s yellow boots dodged out the ball and all the other boots and legs ran after. He ran after them a little way and then stopped. It was useless to run on. Soon they would be going home for the holidays. After supper in the study hall he would change the number pasted up inside his desk from seventy-seven to seventy-six.unselected Press enter to select this hot-text choice



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Question

Answer 1

Part A: C

Part B: Paragraph 10 — "Soon they would be going home for the holidays. After supper in the study hall he would change the number pasted up inside his desk from seventy-seven to seventy-six."