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Which inference about the speaker’s point of view is best supported by the poem?
A. The time and place the speaker grew up in was a simpler world.
B. The speaker has very few pleasant memories of this painful phase of her life.
C. The bookstore uptown was in fact more welcoming than the library.
D. Growing up only able to listen to jazz music on the radio was boring.
A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
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The speaker fondly recalls simple, comforting details—Mrs. Long, the library, books and music—which creates a nostalgic, uncomplicated view of the time and place she grew up in. The other choices contradict the poem’s tone and specifics: the speaker remembers pleasant moments (so B is wrong), the library and librarian are presented positively (so C is wrong), and the poem treats listening to jazz as part of a rich childhood rather than boring (so D is wrong).
The speaker fondly recalls simple, comforting details—Mrs. Long, the library, books and music—which creates a nostalgic, uncomplicated view of the time and place she grew up in. The other choices contradict the poem’s tone and specifics: the speaker remembers pleasant moments (so B is wrong), the library and librarian are presented positively (so C is wrong), and the poem treats listening to jazz as part of a rich childhood rather than boring (so D is wrong).
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