Question

mansfields head as he sat on the front porch of his house looking down mansfields only street. billys father was the storekeeper, a schoolteacher, and preached in the church on sundays, and billy, at 13, felt that he had a responsible place in the community as the son of his prominent father.
4from his porch billy could look down to his fathers store, where school was held in the back room, and over to the church next door, and then past a few houses to where the hills began again.
4about three hundred people lived in mansfield, but it took only one to be haunted. and billy had begun to feel that he was it.
4\golly,\ billy thought, guilty. there ought to be some way for a smart guy like me to figure this out.
4uneasily he went into the house, and out to the kitchen. he looked at the mail-order calendar on the wall, which read july 16, 1932. thats fine, billy thought: saturday. pop will still be at the store. mother is out visiting mrs. baxter. ill go fishing.
4as though billys father had heard this thought, billy heard his name being called. billy ran out the front door and saw his father outside the store, calling him.
4\golly, billy thought, what did i forget to do? full of apprehension, he hurried down the street to the store.
4\billy,\ his father said as he approached, \your mother wants you to hurry right over to the church and help her clean it out for tomorrow. \going to be a good sermon tomorrow, ray?\ old thad ruskin called from the end of the store porch. \full o hellfire?\ \pop always preaches good sermons,\

1. assessment: what does the word \apprehension\ suggest about billy in paragraph 8?

○ a. billy is elated to talk to his father.
○ b. billy is anxious to talk to his father.
○ c. billy hopes his mother will come fishing.
○ d. billy worries that fishing will be lonesome.

Explanation:

The word "apprehension" means anxiety or fear about a future event. In paragraph 8, Billy realizes he forgot a task his father told him to do, so he feels anxious about facing his father. Option A is incorrect because he is not eager to talk to his father. Option C is irrelevant, as the passage does not mention hoping his mother will come fishing. Option D is also incorrect, as the worry is not about fishing being lonesome. Only Option B matches the feeling of anxiety about his father.

Answer:

B. Billy is anxious to talk to his father.