Question

One day they disappear into their rooms. Doors and lips shut and we become strangers in our own home. I pace the hall, hear whispers, a code I knew but can't remember, mouthed by mouths I taught to speak. Years later the door opens. I see faces I once held, open as sunflowers in my hands. I see familiar skin now stretched on long bodies that move past me glowing almost like pearls. Which of the following inferences is best supported by the second stanza (lines 6-8)?

I pace the hall, hear whispers,
a code I knew but can’t remember,
mouthed by mouths I taught to speak.
The word code in the following passage most closely refers to .

I pace the hall, hear whispers,
a code I knew but can’t remember,
mouthed by mouths I taught to speak.

A. a password or PIN number

B. a way of communicating

C. a set of rules or ethics

D. instructions for a computer or program

Answer 1

B. a way of communicating

"Whispers" and "mouthed by mouths I taught to speak" point to spoken language or a private family way of speaking—not a numeric PIN, ethics, or computer instructions.