Knock out the false readings
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- "He hardly lets me stir without special direction." Three readings of that line below are false.
- Choices
- Explanation
- The line says she is hardly allowed to move without direction.
- Item
- She goes wherever she pleases
- Item
- He directs almost everything she does
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- The line describes direction given for her every move.
- Item
- He is away and never gives any orders
- Explanation
- The direction runs from him to her, not the other way.
- Item
- She gives him his orders for the day
- Instructions
- Tap the three false readings of the quoted line to knock them out and leave the true one standing.
Explanation
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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