In ner day she had kept a better house and had got more

Question

work done. She wasn't too old yet for Lydia to be driving
eighty miles for advice when one of the children jumped
the track, and Jimmy still dropped in and talked things
over: "Now, Mammy, you've a good business head, I want
to know what you think of this? . . ." Old. Cornelia couldn't
change the furniture around without asking.
Which phrase from the excerpt most clearly conveys the main character's
resistance to conventional ideas?
A. jumped the track.
B. kept a better house
O C. talked things over
OD. too old yet

Answer 1

B. kept a better house