The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit’s1906 novel The Railway Children.Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull[visits] to dull ladies, and sitting dully at homewaiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her. Shewas almost always there, ready to play with thechildren, and read to them, and help them to dotheir home-lessons. Besides this she used to writestories for them while they were at school, andread them aloud after tea, and she always madeup funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays andfor other great occasions.According to the text, what is true about Mother?A) She wishes that more ladies would visit her.B) Birthdays are her favorite special occasion.C) She creates stories and poems for her children.D) Reading to her children is her favorite activity

The following text is from Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The story presents a young woman named Tess, who must navigate societal and moral complications in Victorian England.As Tess grew older, and began to see how matters stood, she felt quite a Malthusian towards her mother for thoughtlessly giving her so many little sisters and brothers, when it was such a trouble to nurse and provide for them. Her mother's intelligence was that of a happy child: Joan Durbeyfield was simply an additional one, and that not the eldest, to her own long family of waiters on Providence.8Mark for reviewAbcAccording to the text, what is true about Tess?ATess feels empathy towards her mother.BTess is content with her life and her family.CTess blames her mother for the struggles she has to endure.DTess is indifferent towards the hardships of human life.

Match the point of view with the proper sample.Match Term Definition First person A) "They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their Father and Mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bath-room with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white paint, and 'every modern convenience', as the house-agents say.There were three of them. Roberta was the eldest. Of course, Mothers never have favourites, but if their Mother HAD had a favourite, it might have been Roberta. Next came Peter, who wished to be an Engineer when he grew up; and the youngest was Phyllis, who meant extremely well." Second person B) "You never considered it. Why should you? There's no need to continue training—it's not going to happen. You have done the right thing by resigning yourself to the fact that that medal could never be yours. The other fighters trained harder, longer, and more strategically than you. You sold yourself short the moment you decided to take those two months off." Third person C) "The trip from Franklin County to Malden, West Virginia, was the first one that had taken me out of the county where I was born, and, of course, it was quite an event, especially to the children of the family, although the parting from the old homestead was to my mother a very serious affair. All of our household and other goods were packed into a small wagon drawn by two horses or mules. I cannot recall how many days it took us to make this trip, but it seems to me, as I recall it now, that we were at least ten days. Of course we had to sleep in the wagon, or what was more often true, on the ground. The children walked a great portion of the distance."

The following text is adapted from Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel The House of Mirth. Lily Bart, the principal character of the novel, is taking a train to a countryside party when she encounters a man who is traveling to the same party as her.She began to cut the pages of a novel, tranquilly studying her prey through downcast lashes while she organized a method of attack. Something in his attitude of conscious absorption told her that he was aware of her presence: no one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper! She guessed that he was too shy to come up to her, and that she would have to devise some means of approach which should not appear to be an advance on her part. It amused her to think that any one as rich as Mr. Percy Gryce should be shy.She waited till the train had emerged from the tunnel. Then, as it lowered its speed near Yonkers, she rose from her seat and drifted slowly down the carriage. As she passed Mr. Gryce, the train gave a lurch, and he was aware of a slender hand gripping the back of his chair. He rose with a start, his ingenuous face looking as though it had been dipped in crimson. The train swayed again, almost flinging Miss Bart into his arms.Based on the text, how does Mr. Percy Gryce respond to Lily Bart?He recognizes her and greets her warmly, though he is surprised to see her.eliminateHe intentionally ignores her even when she stumbles, in order to make her feel bad.eliminateHe doesn't notice her until she stumbles into him at which point he does recognize her.eliminateDue to his shyness he pretends to be busy until she stumbles into him, at which point he is embarrassed.

The following passage is an excerpt from Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel 'Jane Eyre'. After the death of both her parents, Jane is taken home by her uncle where her aunt forbids her from playing. She finds a curtained window seat where she can read."Jane, I don't like cavilers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent."A breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there. It contained a bookcase: I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was enshrined in double retirement.6Mark for ReviewABCThe narrator uses the phrase "double retirement" to emphasize that she hadAstopped interacting with anyoneBgiven up active participationCcut herself off from the worldDlost interest in everything

Anna Karenina is an 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy. In the novel, Dolly, the wife of Oblonsky, experiences a rift in her relationship with her husband. At one point, Dolly struggles between her desire for revenge and her love for Oblonsky: _______12Mark for ReviewCross out answer choices you think are wrong.ABCWhich quotation from Anna Karenina most effectively illustrates the claim?A“You remember the children, [Oblonsky], to play with them; but I remember them, and know that [our conflict] means their ruin,” [Dolly] said—"B"[Dolly] still continued to tell herself that she should leave [Oblonsky], but she was conscious that this was impossible; it was impossible because she could not get out of the habit of regarding him as her husband and loving him."C"Seeing her husband, [Dolly] dropped her hands into the drawer of the bureau as though looking for something, and only looked round at him when he had come quite up to her. But her face, to which she tried to give a severe and resolute expression, betrayed bewilderment and suffering."D"She shut the bureau with a slam, and glanced at [Oblonsky as he spoke to her]: 'Dolly, what can I say? One thing: forgive. Remember, cannot nine years of my life atone for an instant . . . '