ELA 10 A Semester Exam

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Dusk
by H.H. Munro (Saki)

The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.

“I must have lost it,” he muttered angrily.

“To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,” said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark. He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.

"Dusk" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")

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Use the passage below to answer the question.

Which piece of evidence shows that Gortsby is judgmental of the young man?

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“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”
“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”

“The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.”
“The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.”

He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.
He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.

“‘I must have lost it,’ he muttered angrily.”
“‘I must have lost it,’ he muttered angrily.”
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Answer 1

The piece of evidence that shows Gortsby is judgmental of the young man is:

“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”

This statement reflects Gortsby's critical attitude towards the young man's situation and suggests he believes the young man's losses are a result of carelessness.