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Question 19 • GA-English Language Arts 8

Which statement best shows a problem in the memoir Travels with Charley?

Answer

For many years I have traveled in many parts of the world.

But New York is no more America than Paris is France or London is England.

I, an American writer, writing about America, was working from memory, and the memory is at best a faulty, warpy reservoir.

So it was that I determined to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land.

Explanation

The memoir describes Steinbeck setting out to see America again because he recognized that his picture of the country might be unreliable. Choice C directly names that problem: he was writing from memory, which he admits is a “faulty, warpy reservoir.” The other choices describe his travels, make a comparison, or explain his decision to travel; they do not identify the weakness in his account.

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