Question

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A
How does Ted’s experience in the fort most clearly change him?
A. It leads him to want to live alone for a longer time.
B. It helps him to embrace the natural world.
C. It leads him to reject his brother and sister.
D. It leaves him better adjusted to his life.
Part B
Which sentence from “Golden Glass” most clearly supports the answer to Part A?
A. [His brother and sister] treated Ted somewhat like a stranger, because he was.
B. He liked waking up, hearing nothing but birds—not his mother’s voice or his sister’s or his brother’s.
C. He was so used to sleeping outside now he didn’t wake up during the night, just like in the house.
D. In a few days he’d be inside, and he wouldn’t mind at all.

Answer 1

Part A: B

Part B: B

Sentence B shows Ted prefers waking to birds rather than family voices, supporting that the fort experience helps him embrace the natural world.