Question

shopping by joyce carol oates 1 an old ritual, saturday morning shopping. mother and daughter. mrs. dietrich and nola. shops in the village, stores and boutiques at the splendid livingstone mall on route 12: bloomingdale’s, saks, lord & taylor, bonwit’s, neiman - marcus, and the rest. mrs. dietrich would know her way around the stores blindfolded but there is always the surprise of lavish seasonal displays, extraordinary holiday sales, the openings of new stores at the mall like laura ashley, paraphernalia. on one of their mall days mrs. dietrich and nola would try to get there at midmorning, have lunch around 1 p.m. at one or another of their favorite restaurants, shop for perhaps an hour after lunch, then come home. sometimes the shopping trips were more successful than at other times, but you have to have faith, mrs. dietrich tells herself. her interior voice is calm, neutral, free of irony. ever since her divorce her interior voice has been free of irony. you have to have faith. 2 tomorrow morning nola returns to school in maine; today will be spent at the mall. mrs. dietrich has planned it for days. at the mall, in such crowds of shoppers, moments of intimacy are possible as they rarely are at home. (seventeen - year - old nola, home on spring break for a brief eight days, seems always to be busy, always out with her friends, the trip to the mall has been postponed twice.) but saturday, 10:30 a.m., they are in the car at last headed south on route 12, a bleak march morning following a night of freezing rain; theres a metallic cast to the air and no sun anywhere in the sky but the light paragraph 1 1. which statement best describes mrs. dietrich’s point of view about shopping trips and life? need help with this skill? review part 2. a. she believes that shopping trips, like life, are miserable and hopeless affairs. b. she believes it is important to always stay hopeful, whether while shopping or in life. c. she believes that shopping trips, like life events, reveal the importance of family. d. she believes that it is important to finish unpleasant tasks, in both shopping and in life.

Explanation:

The text states that Mrs. Dietrich tells herself "you have to have faith" about shopping trips (some more successful than others) and life, with her calm, neutral interior voice free of irony. This directly aligns with the idea of staying hopeful in both shopping and life. Option A is incorrect as she does not view them as miserable. Option C is incorrect because the text does not link shopping to family importance here. Option D is incorrect as there is no mention of finishing unpleasant tasks.

Answer:

B. She believes it is important to always stay hopeful, whether while shopping or in life.