Question

read this excerpt from extremely loud and incredibly close. i knew i could never let mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d’être, so what i did was i took dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and i went to the radio shack on amsterdam. what assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that his mother would not understand the messages that the messages would increase his mother’s suffering that his father’s emergency money should be replaced that the employees at radio shack would sympathize with him

Explanation:

To determine the narrator's assumption, analyze the excerpt: The narrator says protecting his mom is a key reason for not letting her hear the messages. Option 1: The excerpt doesn't suggest misunderstanding, just protection. Option 2: If the messages would cause her suffering, protecting her means not letting her hear them, which matches. Option 3: There's no mention of replacing the money. Option 4: The Radio Shack visit is for an action, not about employee sympathy. So the correct assumption is that the messages would increase her suffering.

Answer:

B. that the messages would increase his mother’s suffering