This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. Since the excerpt is the same, I will omit it.
Which statement best characterizes this excerpt?
A. The author describes the long-term effects of having a bicycle as a child.
B. The author describes the long-term effects of women riding bicycles at the turn of the twentieth century.
C. The author describes the short-term effects of having a bicycle as a child.
D. The author describes the short-term effects of women riding bicycles at the turn of the twentieth century.
Answer:
The statement which best characterizes this excerpt is:
C. The author describes the short-term effects of having a bicycle as a child.
Explanation:
Sue Macy, the author of "Wheels of Change", focuses on her own experience riding a bike as a child in this passage. She will progress to the history concerning the freedom bicycles brought to women, and how women had to fight to have the right to that freedom. But, as she explains in the excerpt, when she was just a kid, she knew nothing of that. She did know her bike allowed her to go places - to buy candy or ice cream. These are short-term effects of her owning a bike as a child. The long-term effects of women riding bikes, however, are not the point - at least at this moment in the book.
