What would my father say? He was already unhappy with my struggles in school, unhappy with how I was turning out. He’d leave newspaper clippings of child prodigies on my desk in my room. The last one had been about an Indian boy in California who was able to do calculus at age 4, graduated college at 12 and was on his way to becoming the world’s youngest doctor at 17. Maybe my father thought it would serve as inspiration. Look at this boy. Look how exceptional he is. You can be like him.
Answer choices for the above question
A. Jabeen’s father wants his daughter to have a respectable, lucrative career.
B. Jabeen’s father is extremely disappointed in her for not living up to his expectations.
C. Jabeen’s father wishes the Indian boy he mentioned were his son.
D. Jabeen’s father wishes he were a doctor.
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The best-supported inference from the paragraph is:
B. Jabeen’s father is extremely disappointed in her for not living up to his expectations.
The paragraph expresses the father's unhappiness with Jabeen's struggles in school and suggests that he may be using the newspaper clippings to highlight what he sees as her potential, indicating disappointment in her current performance relative to the achievements of others.
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