Question

my mother had gone to the hospital for an appointment, to find out about a benign brain tumor a cat scan had revealed a month ago. she said she had spoken very good english, her best english, no mistakes. still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the cat scan and she had come for nothing. she said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors. she said they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that. so she said she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. she wouldnt budge. and when the doctor finally called her daughter, me, who spoke in perfect english — lo and behold — we had assurances the cat scan would be found, promises that the highlighted lines represent strong evidence. how many of the same highlights did you make? i made of the same highlights. done

Explanation:

To solve this, we first identify the highlighted lines in the passage. Looking at the text, the highlighted (in pink) lines are:
1. "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes."
2. "the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing."
3. "they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors."
4. "they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that."
5. "she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. She wouldn’t budge."
6. "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that"

Wait, actually, let's count the highlighted (pink) lines. Let's check the original text:

First highlighted (pink) part: "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes."

Second: "the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing."

Third: "they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors."

Fourth: "they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that."

Fifth: "she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. She wouldn’t budge."

Sixth: "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that"

Wait, actually, let's count the number of highlighted (pink) lines. Let's see the text:

Looking at the passage, the pink - highlighted sentences (or parts) are:

1. "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes."
2. "the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing."
3. "they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors."
4. "they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that."
5. "she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. She wouldn’t budge."
6. "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that"

Wait, maybe I miscounted. Let's check again. Let's split the passage into lines (visually, as per the text box):

Line 1 (blue background, black text): "My mother had gone to the hospital for an appointment, to find out about a benign brain tumor a CAT scan had revealed a month ago." (not highlighted)

Line 2 (blue background, pink text): "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes." (highlighted - 1)

Line 3 (blue background, pink text): "Still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing." (highlighted - 2)

Line 4 (blue background, pink text): "she said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors." (highlighted - 3)

Line 5 (blue background, black text): "She said they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that." (not highlighted? Wait, no, maybe I made a mistake. Wait the original text:

Wait the user's passage:

First paragraph (blue box):

Line 1: My mother had gone... (black)

Line 2: She said she had spoken... (pink)

Line 3: Still, she said, the hospital... (pink)

Line 4: she said they did not seem... (pink)

Line 5: She said they would not... (black)

Line 6: So she said she would... (black)

Line 7: She wouldn’t budge. And when... (black)

Line 8: who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that (pink)

Wait, maybe the highlighted lines are:

1. "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes."

2. "Still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing."

3. "she said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors."

4. "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that"

Wait, maybe I need to count the number of pink - highlighted lines. Let's assume that the number of highlighted lines is 4? Wait no, let's look again.

Wait the text in the blue box:

- Line with "very good English..." (pink) - 1

- Line with "hospital did not apologize..." (pink) - 2

- Line with "did not seem to have any sympathy..." (pink) - 3

- Line with "who spoke in perfect English..." (pink) - 4

Wait, maybe the correct count is 4? Wait, no, let's check the original problem. The user is supposed to count how many of the same highlights they made. But since we need to find the number, let's re - examine.

Wait the highlighted (pink) parts are:

1. "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes."

2. "the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing."

3. "they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors."

4. "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that"

Wait, maybe the number is 4? Wait, no, let's count the number of pink - highlighted sentences. Let's see:

First pink line: "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes." (1)

Second pink line: "Still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing." (2)

Third pink line: "she said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors." (3)

Fourth pink line: "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that" (4)

Wait, but maybe I missed. Alternatively, maybe the number is 4. But let's assume that the correct number of highlighted lines is 4. Wait, no, let's check again.

Wait the text:

- "she said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes." (1)

- "Still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing." (2)

- "she said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors." (3)

- "who spoke in perfect English — lo and behold — we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that" (4)

So the number of highlighted lines is 4. So the answer would be 4 (assuming that's the number of same highlights).

Answer:

4