Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question. PASSAGE: Through the break between the trees, she looked into one of the lighted windows of the shop. She could see the cartons of…
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Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question.
PASSAGE: Through the break between the trees, she looked into one of the lighted windows of the shop. She could see the cartons of biscuits neatly piled near the far wall. Against conscious wishes Cissy’s salivary glands started pumping fluid into her mouth. She felt her heart beating strongly from the top of her throat into the back of her mouth. “There is nobody,” she thought. “I can dash in and take a box and dash out again. I know it is sin but the Lord will not punish us if we are so hungry.”
PASSAGE: Through the break between the trees, she looked into one of the lighted windows of the shop. She could see the cartons of biscuits neatly piled near the far wall. Against conscious wishes Cissy’s salivary glands started pumping fluid into her mouth. She felt her heart beating strongly from the top of her throat into the back of her mouth. “There is nobody,” she thought. “I can dash in and take a box and dash out again. I know it is sin but the Lord will not punish us if we are so hungry.”
The passage describes
- Cissy’s bad habit
- Cissy’s temptation before stealing
- Cissy’s courage to steal
- Good quality of biscuits
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Cissy’s temptation before stealing
The passage shows Cissy being tempted and rationalising theft out of hunger ('I know it is sin but...'), so it describes her temptation before stealing. There is no indication of habit or of the actual theft.
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