Question

Read the following passage from a personal narrative:

Answer 1

Answer: B, The pressure the speaker feels to further his education creates tension in his home.

Explanation:

The speaker says he is considering to go to law school, not to further his education, but just to stop his dad from criticizing him. This shows that he does not hope to follow his own calling (a) and it never referred to the family supporting each other (c) and he is not doing it to be responsible, just to avoid his dad's criticism.

Answer 2

Answer: B. The pressure the speaker feels to further his education creates

tension in his home.

Explanation:

A. is automatically out because there wasn't anything about the speaker following his calling. C. is not it because it didn't mention anything about the family supporting each other in hard times. D. is incorrect because the text doesn't have anything in it about the speaker pursuing his dream, so the answer must be B.