Building and Creating: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in an Essay
Question 10 • English 12A - Master – 954378
Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.When I was twelve years old and Barton, my older brother, was around fifteen, we took over the family basement. At first, I made a darkroom for developing pictures, and Bart was using it as his lab where he was raising about one hundred white rats, removing their thymus glands, and trying to figure out the glands' dysfunction. He wanted pictures taken of his experiment, doing the surgery on rats, and since I already had a darkroom, I took the pictures, though somewhat reluctantly. I didn't like the blood.
Answer
A
He was interested in solving medical mysteries at a rather early age.
B
He did not understand why Dean would be squeamish about the blood.
C
He went on to become a very famous and successful doctor.
D
He had a severe dislike for rats and all other kinds of rodents.
Explanation
Bart was around fifteen and was raising rats, removing their thymus glands, and trying to understand what was wrong with the glands. This shows that he was interested in investigating medical problems at a young age. The excerpt does not say that he became a doctor or disliked rats.
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