Question 50 • * SY2025-26 - 1001040 M/J Language Arts 2 Sem 1 CR
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.XAVIERI don't understand. She wanted to be a farmer. I don't. I want to go to college. I want to be a doctor. She knew that.KENNETHMaybe you don't understand.XAVIERYou're right. I don't understand. She gave me a farm. My dad's been trying to buy the Harston farm for two years. For me to farm. I keep telling him I don't want to be a farmer, but he won't listen. And now the one person I thought understood me . . .KENNETHWell . . . there's more than one thing you can do with a farm. You don't have to farm it.XAVIERRight. What else can you do with a farm besides plow it and plant it and harvest it, over and over again? What can you do with a farm besides farm it?KENNETHSell it.
Answer
A
He is impatient with Xavier for not understanding.
B
He is trying to convince Xavier to sell the farm.
C
He quickly figures out Xavier’s grandmother’s intentions.
D
He believes that Xavier’s grandmother wanted Xavier to farm.
Explanation
Kenneth suggests that Xavier can do something with the farm besides farming it, then immediately answers, “Sell it.” This shows he quickly recognizes a possible reason Xavier’s grandmother gave him the farm: Xavier could sell it rather than become a farmer. He is not trying to persuade Xavier to sell it; he is pointing out an option.
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