Explanation for Question 4 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
Looking at question number four, we are being asked, 2 which choice best describes Virginia's reaction to the flute and clarinet in the classroom 3 trailer. So we'll need to go back up to that paragraph in order to 4 recall what her initial reaction was. 5 So looking up here in this paragraph up top of our second 6 column, um, where we're talking about the musical instruments stored in a 7 classroom trailer, and Virginia's first reaction, 8 we see that she is nearly wincing from all of the glare. 9 Um, the clarinet was worse. It looked like an over-designed walking stick sounded 10 like the clown laughing. So clearly she's having a very objectionable reaction. 11 Um, and she objects to both the appearance of the clarinet as well as 12 its sound. So neither was very appealing to her. 13 Um, and that leads her to sort of eliminate these, 14 these instruments as potential options for what she wants to learn to play. 15 So when we looked at our answer choices for this question, 16 um, each answer choice picks up on a different aspect of the instrument 17 that she might've been objecting to. So only to look for an answer choice 18 that speaks to her dislike of the appearance and the sound of the 19 clarinet. So choice a is talking about the quality of both instruments, 20 not something that is really brought up so we can eliminate I B is 21 going to be our correct answer choice. She has repelled. 22 This word is a good descriptor of how she felt, 23 um, looking at these instrument...