Marian stood enclosed by a bed, a washstand and a chair; the tiny room had altogether too much furniture. Everything smelled wet
—even the bare floor. She held on to the back of the chair, which was wicker and felt soft and damp. Her heart beat more and more slowly, her hands got colder and colder, and she could not hear whether the old women were saying anything or not. She could not see them very clearly. How dark it was! The window shade was down, and the only door was shut. Marian looked at the ceiling. . . . It was like being caught in a robbers' cave, just before one was murdered. "Did you come to be our little girl for a while?" the first robber asked.
Then something was snatched from Marian's hand—the little potted plant.
Which excerpt from the passage is an example of dialogue?
A. and she could not hear whether the old women were saying anything or not.
B. Marian looked at the ceiling. . . .
C. Then something was snatched from Marian's hand—the little potted plant.
D. "Did you come to be our little girl for a while?"
Answer: D. "Did you come to be our little girl for a while?"
Explanation: A dialogue is a conversation between two or more persons or characters in a novel, drama, etc. In the given excerpt we can see an example of dialogue in the phrase "Did you come to be our little girl for a while?" this is a question asked by one of the robbers to Marian, and we can see it is an example of dialogue because it is the start of a conversation and also because it has quotation marks.
