Explanation for Question 5 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
Okay, looking next at question number five, 2 according to the passage, Virginia allows herself to be assigned the Viola cello, 3 because so, 4 um, for this question, we're going to look back up in the passage at 5 where this assignment takes place. 6 Um, and then we'll see which of our answer choice best resonates with what 7 we discover in the passage. So Virginia 8 has assigned an instrument here in this 1, 2, 3, 4 9 fifth paragraph of the passage. 10 Um, this detail says that Virginia 11 was too intimidated by the teacher's growing impatience to protest. 12 When what emerged from the back closets was something, 13 not resembling a guitar, but a child sized Android. 14 So here we see this detail about being too intimidated by the teacher's growing 15 impatience to protest. So that's going to be our answer. 16 Let's find the corresponding answer choice to that detail, 17 um, and our best fit there is going to be choice a, 18 she is reluctant to request an alternative. 19 At this point, she has seen numerous instruments. 20 The teacher is perhaps getting a bit impatient with her. 21 Um, and Virginia is picking up on that. Doesn't want to continue the search. 22 So she's happy to kind of settle for this instrument. 23 Um, answer choices, B, C and D are incorrect. 24 B says it is the last instrument remaining. 25 Not something that we really see in the passage. 26 Um, see its graceful form reminds her of a wild animal. 27 This doesn't quite resonate with, um, 28 her observation. She says that, um, 29 the, the instrument looks less like a guitar and more like a child sized 30 Android. So she's not immediately impressed necessarily by its form. 31 Um, and answer choice D the sound it produces at this point. 32 Remember she hasn't heard the sound of it yet. 33 So that's also an incorrect answer twice. So our best bet here is choice.