Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe. Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew very little of my friend. His reserve had been always excessive and habitual. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
Answer
A
It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.
B
It provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.
C
It describes what the narrator knows from his past.
D
It describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
Explanation
The narrator is looking back on his earlier relationship with his friend. He recalls that they were close as boys but that he knew very little about his friend because of his habitual reserve. This describes what the narrator knows from his past, so C is correct.
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