Directions: In the following passage, the narrator, a young boy named David Copperfield, describes his first day at a new school. Select the best evidence to support the statement "David Copperfield worries that his vast real-world experiences alienate him from his peers."(1 point)ResponsesI had become, in the Murdstone and Grinby time, however short or long it may have been, so unused to the sports and games of boys, that I knew I was awkward and inexperienced in the commonest things belonging to them. I had become, in the Murdstone and Grinby time, however short or long it may have been, so unused to the sports and games of boys, that I knew I was awkward and inexperienced in the commonest things belonging to them. Whatever I had learnt had so slipped away from me in the sordid cares of my life from day to night that now, when I was examined about what I knew, I knew nothing and was put into the lowest form of the school. Whatever I had learnt had so slipped away from me in the sordid cares of my life from day to night that now, when I was examined about what I knew, I knew nothing and was put into the lowest form of the school. But, troubled as I was by my want of boyish skill, and of book- learning too, I was made infinitely more uncomfortable by the consideration that, in what I did know, I was much farther removed from my companions than in what I did not. But, troubled as I was by my want of boyish skill, and of book- learning too, I was made infinitely more uncomfortable by the consideration that, in what I did know, I was much farther removed from my companions than in what I did not. All this ran in my head so much, on that first day, that I felt distrustful of my slightest look and gesture.All this ran in my head so much, on that first day, that I felt distrustful of my slightest look and gesture.

Answer 1

The best evidence to support the statement "David Copperfield worries that his vast real-world experiences alienate him from his peers" is:

"But, troubled as I was by my want of boyish skill, and of book-learning too, I was made infinitely more uncomfortable by the consideration that, in what I did know, I was much farther removed from my companions than in what I did not."

This passage highlights David's awareness of being different from his peers and his discomfort regarding the knowledge he possesses, which distances him from the others.