Read this student summary of Act 1I of The Miracle Worker.Act I introduces Annie Sullivan as she says good-bye to Anagnos, a kind man who has helped her for many years. Annie is leaving the Perkins School for the Blind, a school named for a visually impaired shipping merchant from Boston. She and Anagnos discuss her new assignment, and Annie is curious about teaching a young blind girl. At the end of Act I, the other Perkins students enter to offer Annie presents and bid her farewell.Which statement contains a detail that should be eliminated to improve this summary?
Answer
A
Act I introduces Annie Sullivan as she says good-bye to Anagnos, a kind man who has helped her for many years.
B
Annie is leaving the Perkins School for the Blind, a school named for a visually impaired shipping merchant from Boston.
C
She and Anagnos discuss her new assignment, and Annie is curious about teaching a young girl with visual impairments.
D
At the end of Act I, the other Perkins students enter to offer Annie presents and bid her farewell.
Explanation
The detail that Perkins was named for a visually impaired shipping merchant is inaccurate. The school was named after Boston merchant Thomas Handasyd Perkins, who was not visually impaired, so that detail should be removed from the summary.
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