Question

inges wall (excerpt) the wall was just a few feet from the home inge shared with her parents. aside from her school and other crumbling buildings in their neighborhood, their world was a few rooms in a dull gray concrete flat with no yard and no trees. the wall was part of the view from the only windows they had, and inge was drawn to the sounds she often heard from the other side—laughter, shouting, music, and the noise of busy traffic. one day as she explored the wall imagining what the sounds meant, she came upon a hole. her heart thumped wildly as she leaned toward it. through the hole, inge caught a glimpse of a whole new world. it was a world of color—reds, blues, and yellows in the dresses of women strolling down the street, the colors of the shirts and ties the men wore, the colors of the ribbons in the little girls braids. it was a world of people who did not begin and end each day in shades of gray. it was alive and brimming with activity, with living. inge leaned, transfixed by the view, for hours until she began to feel the strain in her back and leg muscles. then, pulling herself away, she headed home, knowing she would return again and again. 1 select the correct answer. which image does the author emphasize in the excerpt? a. the wall as a structure made of sour - smelling cement b. the wall with a colorful world on the other side c. the wall with noisy traffic on the other side d. the wall as a structure covered in barbed wire

Explanation:

The text describes Inge's discovery of a hole in the wall and seeing a colorful world on the other side with various colors of clothes and activity. This is the main image emphasized. There is no mention of sour - smelling cement, barbed wire, and while traffic noise is mentioned, the focus is on the colorful world.

Answer:

B. the wall with a colorful world on the other side