I, too, Am America: The Harlem Renaissance and Cultural Rebellion — Test
Question 5 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11
Read this excerpt from "A Visit from the Goon Squad." That’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“Eyes in My Head,” “X’s and O’s,” “Who’s Watching Hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. Based on the details in this excerpt, it can be inferred that Scotty
Answer
A
has learned how to hide his true emotions.
B
has developed a unique musical style.
C
was famous years ago before going into hiding.
D
was confused by having gone unnoticed for so long.
Explanation
The excerpt describes Scotty’s songs as ones “no one had ever heard, or anything like them,” which suggests that his music has an unusual, distinctive sound. The songs’ themes of paranoia and disconnection also set them apart. So the best inference is that Scotty has developed a unique musical style; the passage does not say he was famous before or that he is confused.
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