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.”
What was Cissy’s reaction when she saw the biscuit cartons?
- She wanted to take all the cartons
- Her mouth started watering
- She felt afraid of the shopkeeper
- She was surprised to see the biscuits
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Her mouth started watering
The passage says her salivary glands started pumping fluid into her mouth, i.e. her mouth started watering. She notes 'There is nobody', so she was not afraid of a shopkeeper.
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