Question

FILLING —Put half a pint of milk into a double-boiler, and place on the stove. Beat together until very light one level tablespoonful of flour, half a cupful of sugar, and one egg. When the milk boils, stir in this mixture. Add one-eighth of a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for fifteen minutes, stirring often. When cold, flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla The main purpose of this selection is A) to explain the procedures for preparing chocolate éclairs. B) to explain the nutrition information for chocolate éclairs. C) to explain how to insert different fillings into chocolate éclairs. D) to describe the taste of ingredients used to make chocolate éclairs. Eliminate

Answer 1

Hello there!

Let's look at the options:

B) to explain the nutrition information for chocolate éclairs. ⇒ the passage doesn't discuss nutrition information, so this option is incorrect.

C) to explain how to insert different fillings into chocolate éclairs. ⇒ the passage does not discuss this, so this option is incorrect.

D) to describe the taste of ingredients used to make chocolate éclairs. ⇒ The ingredients are listed and not gone into much detail, so so this option is incorrect.

This leaves us with option A), to explain the procedures for preparing chocolate éclairs, as your answer. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

I believe the answer is A as this is the best viable answer from the options given.