Question

viviene daley end of semester exam dec 1 2026 waiting wall. and i would never have seen the world as the rich place that it is. you wouldnt have seen me here in africa, doing what i do. i wouldnt have wanted to do it, and no one would have wanted me to do it. i would have said: its all over for me, so why should i let myself be used by anybody? the americans want to win the world. its their fight, not mine. and that would have been stupid. it is stupid to talk of the americans. they are not a tribe, as you might think from the outside. theyre all individuals fighting to make their way, trying as hard as you or me not to sink. \it wasnt easy after i left the university. i still had to get a job, and the only thing i knew now was what i didnt want to do. i didnt want to exchange one prison for another. people like me have to make their own jobs. it isnt something thats going to come to you in a brown envelope. the job is there, waiting. but it doesnt exist for you or anyone else until you discover it, and you discover it because its for you and you alone.\ 1. which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 4)? \as i walked, the thought came to me: it is time to go home. it wasnt our town that i thought of, or our stretch of the african coast. i saw a country road lined with tall shade trees. i saw fields, cattle, a village below trees. i dont know what book or picture i had got that from, or why a place like that should have seemed to me safe. but that was the picture that came to me, and i played with it. the mornings, the dew, the fresh flowers, the shade of the trees in the middle of the day, the fires in the evening. i felt i had known that life, and that it was waiting for me again somewhere. it was fantasy, of course.\ answer choices for the above question a. indar enjoys country life more than city life. b. indar wants to go home to the african coast. c. indar often daydreams instead of living his life. d. indar feels he does not have a home.

Explanation:

• Option A: The passage doesn't compare country and city life, so this is not supported.
• Option B: The text says "It wasn't our town that I thought of, or our stretch of the African coast", so he doesn't want to go to the African coast as home.
• Option C: The passage only describes one instance of a fantasy about a place, not that he often daydreams instead of living life.
• Option D: The description of a "safe" place that is a fantasy and not tied to his actual town or African coast suggests he feels without a true home.

Answer:

D. Indar feels he does not have a home.