Question

question 3

1. multiple choice: which piece of evidence best illustrates frances hopelessness about the fire?

○ a. \the morning after we arrived, frances woke me up screaming, sydneys on fire!\ (paragraph 17)
○ b. \frances and i stood together and stared across the water in silence.\ (paragraph 22)
○ c. \we used t - shirts to cover our noses and mouths, but the taste and smell of burning wood and chemicals was still suffocating.\ (paragraph 24)
○ d. \i tried to comfort her, but she barely spoke.\ (paragraph 24)

Explanation:

• Option A shows panic, not hopelessness.
• Option B is silent observation, no clear hopelessness.
• Option C describes the harsh fire conditions, not Frances' emotional state of hopelessness.
• Option D shows Frances cannot be comforted and withdraws, which illustrates hopelessness about the fire.

Answer:

D. "I tried to comfort her, but she barely spoke." (Paragraph 24)