Question

section 2
what ive missed with my camcorder
adapted from tina cassidy, “what ive missed with my camcorder.” © 2007 by newsweek, inc.
(1) i am a card-carrying parent of this generation—a memory-card-carrying member, that is. my husband and i started early: as soon as we found out i was pregnant, we began peering over ridges of video camera storage cribs, and changing tables, and while the furniture gathered dust in the nursery as we waited for the baby, the video camera was pressed into action.
(2) as our family has grown, weve continued documenting it. whatever our childrens roles have been in holiday programs, recitals and sporting events, our roles have been as recorders of these experiences. we are part of the herd in the back of the auditorium, holding devices aloft, alternatively beaming smiles from the sidelines of the soccer and glancing into the viewfinder to keep us in frame. some of our tapes are labeled—first steps, eating peas, dancing at grandpas house, deer in yosemite—but recent tapes are simply dated.
(3) recently i hit a small patch with my 12 - year - old daughter: i forgot to bring the video camera to a performance at her school—not entirely accidentally, given the residual air between us—and felt no imperative to stop to buy a disposable camera.
(4) late in the program, her class took the stage—my daughter at the center with her own microphone. they began to sing queens “bohemian rhapsody.” at the conclusion of the first grand operatic chorus, my daughter stepped forward.
(5) with a small grin, tender eyes and a quality of self - possession that i had never seen in her before,
11 which line from the passage suggests that the author questions her camera?
a the video camera was pressed into action
b but recent tapes are simply dated
c as our family has grown, weve continued documenting it
d i could have kicked myself for not bringing the video camera

Explanation:

To determine which line suggests the author questions her camera, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Describes the camera being used, not questioning it.
• Option B: States recent tapes are "simply dated"—implying the camera's recordings lack significance or the author reconsiders its value, suggesting questioning.
• Option C: Talks about continuing to document, not questioning.
• Option D: Regret for not bringing it, not questioning the camera itself.

Answer:

B. but recent tapes are simply dated