Question

from margarita
she was born margarita ancira, twenty years earlier, in los encinos,
texas, population 3,000, a place as dry and dusty as only a small town in
south texas can be. hot for at least nine months out of the year, bitterly cold
for perhaps two weeks in the winter, and always gray. gray blowing dust,
gray thorny brush that belied the town’s name, since not a solitary oak was
to be found. except for the sky; the sky was always blue. the horizon in los
encinos was infinite, and that limitless expanse of blue crushed margo with
a sense of desolation. margo would pray for rain, as did her father, but for
different reasons. rain, mist, fog, would have blurred the horizon, broken
the monotony, but the rain, like change, seldom came.
2
at the moment margo also hated the time and place she was in,
although she was not in los encinos. she was in the library of the university
of texas at 7:30 on a june evening, too late to find a place at a study table.
she circled around the room in a miserable mood, hating herself for arriving
late, hating herself for being at the university of texas at all. she felt so
adventuresome, enrolling for the summer session at the big university
instead of spending the summer with her family at los encinos. they were
hurt that she had not chosen to be with them for the summer after having
spent the spring in europe, studying in madrid and traveling through spain
and france with a dozen other girls from sacred heart college in san
antonio, where she would be a senior in the fall.
3
margo had the notion when she enrolled for the summer session that
she would perhaps transfer to the university in the fall for good. she felt she
was ready for a big coed school, where the students came from all parts of
the state, even from all parts of the country, and even from abroad. she had
become impatient with sacred heart, a school so much like home, where her
friendships were confined to nice, catholic girls, mainly from south texas
and northern mexico, her dates circumscribed by the limits of her
this sentence is from the passage.
\she had become impatient with sacred heart, a school
so much like home, where her friendships were
confined to nice, catholic girls, mainly from south
texas and northern mexico, her dates circumscribed by
the limits of her classmates’ male relations, all nice
catholic boys.\ (paragraph 3)
what does the repetition of the word nice in this
sentence reveal?

1. it implies that margo is angry with the people

described.

1. it suggests that margo finds the people

described to be dull.

1. it emphasizes how important peoples kind

qualities are to margo.

1. it draws attention to how closely margo

observes the way people behave.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context and the effect of repeating "nice". Margo is impatient with Sacred Heart as it's too similar to home, with limited social circles. Repeating "nice" for the girls and boys suggests she finds them unexciting or dull, as the repetition highlights a lack of variety or stimulation. Option 1 is incorrect (she's impatient, not angry). Option 3 is wrong (the repetition doesn't emphasize kind qualities positively, but rather the monotony). Option 4 is incorrect (it's about her feelings toward the people, not her observation skills). Option 2 fits as the repeated "nice" implies the people are dull to her.

Answer:

1. It suggests that Margo finds the people described to be dull.