Question

questions 13 through 18 refer to the following. read the following passage carefully before you choose your answers. this passage is excerpted from a short story published in 2015. sofia and nathan have agreed to meet and explore a stream together. when they met at the culvert the next day, sofia was dressed in black again. her fingernails were also painted black. she led him south, down a gently curving street of assertive mansions, her black boots gliding over the sidewalk with steps that felt like flowing water to nathan. sofia was carrying a new map covered with topographs that she studied it as they turned west and passed a buffet of overdone tributes to assorted architectural styles, a mini - michelangelo here, a bloated tudor cottage there. “this street follows the old streambed,” sofia said. “the city buried it, like a hundred years ago. but the water’s still flowing down there. in a big drainage.” a block later they reached another fence, and stood above another culvert from which the stream emerged, moving slower, wider and shallower, flowing into a tangle of branches and bushes. without a word sofia climbed the fence and landed with a splash in about an inch of water. “technically, i’m pretty sure this is trespassing,” nathan said as he followed her. sofia marched along the water, pulling back branches for him. where is this woman taking me? he wondered, and after a few paces he got his answer, as they entered an open space where the suddenly dry air seemed to vibrate under a liberated, ferocious sun. the space was a kind of meadow, framed by two mansions, each as abundant with backyard paraphernalia. nathan felt as if he’d entered the prop closet of a studio dedicated to making movies about suburban american excess. he saw competing steel barbecue machines with grills and propane - tank attachments, one stood before a tiled - roofed spanish - style mansion, the other at the base of a turret - topped mock - castle, as if ready to prepare steaks and burgers for a 13 the narrator of the passage can best be described as a possessing a complete knowledge of events b not allowing access to characters’ thoughts c giving the reader equal access to all characters’ thoughts d providing the reader access to only one character’s thoughts

Explanation:

The passage shows the narrator only gives Nathan's thoughts ("Where is this woman taking me?" etc.). There is no access to Sofia's thoughts. So the narrator provides the reader access to only one character's thoughts.

Answer:

D. providing the reader access to only one character's thoughts