SSAT Reading Question 278: Answer and Explanation

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Question: 278

3. All of the following can be explicitly answered by information in the passage EXCEPT:

  • A. Where did the author and his siblings prefer to spend their childhood summers?
  • B. What types of pets did the author and his siblings have in the country?
  • C. How did the author and his siblings spend their time in the country?
  • D. Where did the author and his siblings stay while in the country?

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

D is correct. Although the author states that "summers we spent in the country" and we children "loved the country beyond anything," he never specifically mentions where the family stays while in the country. The only reference to where they stayed is the very vague "now at one place, now at another." Choice A is answered in lines 4-6: "We were always wildly eager to get to the country when spring came, and very sad when in the late fall the family moved back to town." Choice B is answered in lines 7-9 where the author mentions such pets as "cats, dogs, rabbits, a coon, and a sorrel Shetland pony named General Grant." Choice C is answered in lines 17-19 where the author states that they spent their time in the country "supervising haying and harvesting, picking apples, hunting frogs successfully and woodchucks unsuccessfully." Choice E is answered in lines 24-26 where the author states that "Thanksgiving was an appreciated festival, but it in no way came up to Christmas."

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