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. Lines 9-14 of the poem mainly suggest that .

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 passage from the poem most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 3?


A. “Years later the door opens”

B. “I see faces I once held, / open as sunflowers in my hands”

C. “I see / familiar skin now stretched on long bodies”

D. “that move past me glowing almost like pearls”

Answer 1

C. “I see / familiar skin now stretched on long bodies”

This line most directly indicates physical growth and change—the speaker’s once-small children now have “long bodies,” showing they’ve grown up.