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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 4.1 Inference. Which of the following statements best describes Fanny Price in broad terms?


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[ musical flourish ]

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All right, check out the following passage.

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[ mumbles ]

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Which of the following statements best describes

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Fanny Price in broad terms?

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And here are the potential answers.

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All right.

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Fanny Price wasn't exactly the life of the party.

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Unless it was some sort of awkward silence party.

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So what's the best, most complete description of her?

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Well, we can write off option C, as it's objectively untrue.

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The passage states Fanny wasn't vulgar and her countenance was pretty.

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Unless we're taking etiquette cues from a

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motorcycle gang here, it's hard to interpret that as rude.

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So option C is incorrect.

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And while option D is an accurate statement,

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- she was ten years old - it's way too specific.

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There's more to Fanny than just being ten.

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That isn't even enough to distinguish her from that Home Alone kid.

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Option A is also too specific.

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Yes, Fanny didn't like to be noticed,

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but that's only part of her.

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There's more to Fanny than just meets the eye.

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So A is out.

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But option B gives a more complete representation of Fanny.

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While she was nothing extraordinary,

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there was nothing overtly awful about her, either.

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She wasn't running around, causing chaos and so on.

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So option B is the correct answer.

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Fanny Price - quiet,

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flies under the radar.

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We should probably get her a Netflix subscription.

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