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.”
Why did her heart beat strongly?
- She was thinking of stealing the biscuits
- The flavor of biscuits was tempting
- She thought nobody was watching her
- She had been running fast
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - She was thinking of stealing the biscuits
Her heart beat strongly as she contemplated dashing in and taking a box, i.e. she was thinking of stealing the biscuits, which she knew was a sin. Nothing suggests she had been running.
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