Question

instructions
read the question carefully and select the best answer.
which inference about the author is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 5)?
i returned to that apartment in january 1998—seventeen years, eight months, and ten days after we had last walked away from it. when the
short, slim woman who lived there opened the door, i mumbled a teary introduction and looked over her head, straight into my past: the old
refrigerator was huffing in the kitchen, its door now kept shut by an ingeniously placed wire hanger; the ironing board, the one i used so many
times to keep my school uniforms crisp, was hidden behind the kitchen door, just where we used to keep it; and my mothers colorful water
glasses, the ones we could never touch because they were reserved for special occasions, were still gathering dust on the shelves in the living
room. their new owner, just like my mother, didnt use them for fear they would break.
a. she remembered very little about her childhood home.
b. she only remembers superficial details about her past.
c. her mother was a fearful woman.
d. she was overwhelmed by emotion at the sight of her childhood home.
ca-ccss: 4 ca rl 9-10.1

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The passage describes specific details (refrigerator, ironing board, water glasses, etc.) of the childhood home, so she remembers more than "very little", eliminating A.
• Option B: The author recalls specific, detailed items (e.g., how the refrigerator door was kept shut, where the ironing board was, the water glasses' purpose), not just superficial details, so B is incorrect.
• Option C: The passage mentions the new owner was "just like my mother" in not using the glasses for fear of breaking, but there's no info that her mother was "fearful" (the new owner was cautious, not necessarily fearful), so C is unsupported.
• Option D: The author "mumbled a teary introduction" and "walked into my past", indicating strong emotion (teary, connection to past) upon seeing the childhood home, supporting D.

Answer:

D. She was overwhelmed by emotion at the sight of her childhood home.