Question

While on a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, to find new Southern writers, Harold Latham of Macmillar. Publishing questioned the unknown Margaret Mitchell about a book she had reportedly written. She resolutely denied any knowledge of a book. But before Latham left town, Mitchell showed up at his hotel with the manuscript and said, "Take it before I change my mind." What Latham read became one of the most successful novels in history, published on June 30, 1936 Gone with the Wind

Answer 1

B

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Discussion

• The passage says nothing about the speed with which she wrote.
• She was not interested (primarily) about money. If she was, she wouldn't have been so hesitant about presenting her manuscript.
• The passage says nothing about what other occupations she may have had. It only makes clear that Margret Mitchell was very hesitant about making her writing of Gone With the Wind known publicly.
• We can likely infer that this was her first novel