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Read these lines: "It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was nursery first and then playground and gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls." What do these details suggest?
AThe room can hold someone in as well as shelter
BThe room was built only a few years ago
CThe room was once used to store furniture
DThe room is the coldest one in the house
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The room can hold someone in as well as shelter
1. 1. The opening details are pleasant ones: space, windows on every side, air and sunshine.
2. 2. The next details are bars on the windows and rings fixed into the walls.
3. 3. She reads them as leftovers from a nursery and gymnasium, but bars and wall rings also restrain whoever is inside.
4. 4. Age, storage and cold are never mentioned, so only the first option follows from the details given.
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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