Question 1

Which quotation provides evidence that CONTRADICTS the answer to Part A?

Accepted Answer

"One looking at him would not have thought him particularly sharp."
(paragraph 13)

Answer

"All through his boyhood and young manhood George Willard had been in
the habit of walking on Trunion Pike." (paragraph 4)

Answer

"On the station platform everyone shook the young man's hand."
(paragraph 7)

Answer

"Tom Willard carried his bag. The son had become taller than the father."
(paragraph 6)

Question 2

Which quotation shows the BEST example of "endless drudgeries" as defined in Part A?

Accepted Answer

"'I'll be in soon's I strain the milk and wash the dirt off my hands.,,,
(paragraph 44)

Answer

" ... he could hear a woman's fretful voice and the impatient jerk and jar
of kitchen things, indicative of ill-temper or worry. " (paragraph 37)

Answer

" ... he stood there, ragged, ankle-deep in muck, his sleeves rolled up, a
shapeless old straw hat on his head." (paragraph 42)

Answer

"A sickening chill struck into Howard's soul as he looked at it all."
(paragraph 31)

Question 3

Select the sentence from the story that BEST supports the answer to Part A.

Accepted Answer

"I scented a practical joke in the air, as a dog scents game. But what was
it?" (paragraph 6)

Answer

"'They must have planned some good joke. Assuredly I am to be the
victim of the joke."' (paragraph 5)

Answer

"Everything seemed quiet in the chateau." (paragraph 12)

Answer

"I said to myself: 'Look out, old ferret! They have something in store for
you."' (paragraph 4)

Question 4

Which sentence from the story BEST supports the answer in Part A?

Accepted Answer

"I dragged all these objects into the very middle of the room, facing the
entrance door." (paragraph 11)

Answer

"I do not care to know people who are not." (paragraph 2)

Answer

"Then I extinguished all the candles, and, groping my way, I slipped
under the bedclothes." (paragraph 11)

Answer

"And I did not want to be caught." (paragraph 11)

Question 5

Which detail has a similar impact on tone as the phrase "an object of suspicion"?

Accepted Answer

"If they were spying on me, as I supposed, they must .... "
(paragraph 11)

Answer

" ... the whole household came to escort me to my room." (paragraph 7)

Answer

"So I made up my mind to go to bed." (paragraph 11)

Answer

"The shutters, large wooden shutters, were open." (paragraph 10)

Question 6

Which detail BEST helps to refine the theme the author develops over the course of the story?

Accepted Answer

"The precautions I had taken in closing the shutters and going to sleep in
the middle of the room had only brought about the practical joke I had
been trying to avoid." (paragraph 16)

Answer

"I was going perhaps to receive a cold shower-bath from overhead, or
perhaps, the moment I stretched myself out, to find myself sinking to the
floor with my mattress." (paragraph 11)

Answer

"I thought: 'Here are people who have more than their share of
amusement, and apparently without reason."' (paragraph 5)

Answer

"For at least another hour I remained awake, starting at the slightest
sound." (paragraph 12)

Question 7

Which quotation BEST supports the answer to Part A?

Accepted Answer

"'My dear Miss Summerson,' said he, shaking his head pleasantly, 'I don't
know."' (paragraph 10)

Answer

"'He has been took, miss!"' (paragraph 2)

Answer

"'Odd or even,' said the stranger gruffly, 'I tell you, not a bit on it!"'
(paragraph 25)

Answer

"'Our friend Mr. Skimpole-don't be alarmed!-is arrested for debt."'
(paragraph 6)

Question 8

Which quotation from the passage has a similar impact as the answer to Part A?

Accepted Answer

"'I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not
deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies!"'
(paragraph 28)

Answer

"'Did you know this morning, now, that you were coming out on this
errand?"' (paragraph 35)

Answer

"'Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned."'
(paragraph 10)

Answer

"'I don't know what the business name of it may be, but I suppose there
is some instrument within their power that would settle this?"'
(paragraph 22)

Question 9

Which quotation from the paragraph provides evidence for the answer to Part A?

Accepted Answer

"' ... that excellent sense and quiet habit of method and usefulness,
which anybody must observe in you ... "' (paragraph 7)

Answer

"' ... should like to ask you something, without offence."' (paragraph 33)

Answer

"Mr. Skimpole gently reasoned with him as he made a little drawing of his
head on the fly-leaf of a book." (paragraph 26)

Answer

" ... had entirely washed his hands of the difficulty ... " (paragraph 21)

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