Read the excerpt from "Black Day, 1935."“You’ve got willpower beyond your years,” Ma said with a smile. Then the smile vanished when another blast shook the house. “I’d better pull that sheet aside and set a lamp in the front window. Your dad may need something to show him the way.” They knew that the light would probably not even reach to the edge of the porch, but somehow it made them both feel better.
Answer
A
Hans and his mother put a lamp in front of the window to make themselves feel better.
B
Hans and his mother are shaken by another blast of the blizzard that hits their house.
C
Hans and his mother know that his father is trying to find his way home in the blizzard.
D
Hans and his mother are trapped inside the house during the blizzard without his father.
Explanation
Ma places a lamp in the front window in case Hans’s father needs help finding the house. The passage says the light probably would not reach the edge of the porch, but setting it there made Ma and Hans feel better. So the choice that best captures the action and its effect is “Hans and his mother put a lamp in front of the window to make themselves feel better.”
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