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Excerpt from Battling Cancer: One Woman's Journey

Tracy Wilson

1 Julianne had never given much thought to cancer before one dismal Monday morning last April. The dawn clouds were gray and heavy, and it looked as though it might rain at any second as Julianne meandered to the mailbox at the end of the lawn. As she opened the box, the rusty hinge made a screech much like someone scraping fingernails across a blackboard. The news Julianne received in a postcard that day was much more unnerving. It was simply stated: "Miss Taylor, please call our office to schedule a follow-up appointment as soon as possible. Tests from your annual physical examination have revealed an abnormality." "Abnormality?" Julianne questioned. What kind of abnormality could a 24-year-old woman, who exercised religiously and consumed a healthy diet, possibly have? Within hours she learned the answer to this question only to pose a thousand more in its place.

The main idea of section one is that Julianne received some upsetting news. Which detail from section one supports this main idea?
A) The bad weather was upsetting to Julianne.
B) The postcard referred to abnormal test results.
C) The postcard stated Julianne must come in for additional tests.
D) Julianne was upset that private information was on the postcard.

Answer 1

B) The postcard referred to abnormal test results.

Step-by-step explanation:

This detail supports the main idea that Julianne received upsetting news. The last three sentences of section one support this answer choice.

Answer 2

B) The postcard referred to abnormal test results.

Step-by-step explanation:

As the weather wasn´t great, and the day wasn´t going too good, she still had the mood for a good day, but what upset her the most, and when her mind started to fly and imagine possibilities is when she reads that the postcard that she received said that the annual physical examination revealed an abnormality, that´s when she starts to get upset

""Abnormality?" Julianne questioned. What kind of abnormality could a 24-year-old woman, who exercised religiously and consumed a healthy diet, possibly have?"

When she recriminates this to the universe you can clearly see that she is upset, that is why the answer is "b".