Question 7 What statement BEST describes how the author develops the thene?
In the first paragraph, the author introduces Miss Chavez and describes the injury she has suffered; in the second paragraph, the
author details the chores the narrator performs for Miss Chavez.
A
B
In the third paragraph, the author begins to develop the idea that helping others is satisfying; in later paragraphs, the author establishes
that the narrator appreciates Miss Chavez's company and laments that she cannot do more to help Miss Chavez.
In the middle of the passage, the author connects Miss Chavez's injury to the loss of her farmily's farm and her pet horse Nick during
the Dust Bowl; in later paragraphs, the author lists the things the narrator wishes she could do for Miss Chavez.
In the latter part of the passage, the author describes the Dust bowl; in the last sentence of the story, the author makes the reader feel
sorry for Miss Chavez by repeating the narrator's regrets regarding her misfortunes.
D