Question

test name: gr10_ela_usa02_c1_pb_fy26
test id#: 3676774

1. reread the excerpt from passage 2. select the context that reveals the meaning of the word governess.

and yet a) i don’t know, only think how convenient it would be if you could manage to go home without it! for instance, if the governess wanted to b) call you to your lessons, she would call out “come here,” and there she c) would have to leave off, because there wouldn’t be d) any name for her to call, and of course you wouldn’t have to go, you know.

Explanation:

The word "governess" refers to a woman employed to teach children in a private household. In the context, it is clear that she is someone who calls children to their lessons. Option B "call you to your lessons" best reveals the role - related context of a governess.

Answer:

B. call you to your lessons