Question

[13] “M-miss Lottie!” I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began. That violent, crazy act was the last act of childhood. For as I gazed at the immobile face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility. She had been born in squalor and lived in it all her life. Now at the end of that life she had nothing except a falling-down hut, a wrecked body, and John Burke, the mindless son of her passion. Whatever verve there was left in her, whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for.
In paragraph 13, the description of Miss Lottie suggests that—
A) She was a hateful old woman who didn’t care about anything
B) The marigolds represented the only goodness left in her life
C) John Burke is the most important thing to her
D) She was an evil witch who disliked children

Answer 1

It’s A or B. You make your final decision by reading over it but really focus on the last sentence.