SSAT Reading Question 135: Answer and Explanation

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Question: 135

6. It can be inferred that Nightingale's parents believed that

  • A. maintaining sanitary conditions was a necessary component of overall good health
  • B. Nightingale should not have gone to the Ottoman Empire
  • C. nursing was an inappropriate vocation for an upper-class woman
  • D. Nightingale was too young to decide her own career

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

C

The passage states, "Florence Nightingale was born into a rich, well-connected British family, and if her parents had had their way, she would have married a rich gentleman and settled into a conventional upper-class woman's life. Alas, at 17 she had several encounters that she felt were calls from God, compelling her to serve others; by 24 she renounced her parents' wishes and undertook the task of educating herself to become a nurse."

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