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Read the excerpt from “Mary Louise” by Edith van Dyne.

"It's positively cruel!" pouted Jennie Allen, one of a group of girls occupying a garden bench in the ample grounds of Miss Stearne's School for Girls, at Beverly.

"It's worse than that; it's insulting," declared Mable Westervelt, her big dark eyes flashing indignantly.

"Doesn't it seem to reflect on our characters?" timidly asked Dorothy
Knerr.

"Indeed it does!" asserted Sue Finley. "But here comes Mary Louise; let's ask her opinion."

"Phoo! Mary Louise is only a day scholar," said Jennie. "The restriction doesn't apply to her at all."

"I'd like to hear what she says, anyhow," remarked Dorothy. "Mary
Louise has a way of untangling things, you know."

"She's rather too officious to suit me," Mable Westervelt retorted, "and she's younger than any of us. One would think, the way she poses as monitor at this second-rate, run-down boarding school, that Mary Louise Burrows made the world."

"Oh, Mable! I've never known her to pose at all," said Sue. "But, hush; she mustn't overhear us and, besides, if we want her to intercede with Miss Stearne we must not offend her."


Which statement correctly describes the characterization in this excerpt?


a. Mary Louise is characterized in a negative way through Sue Finley's words.
b. Mary Louise is characterized in a positive way through Jennie Allen's words.
c. Mary Louise is characterized in a negative way through Miss Stearne's words.
d. Mary Louise is characterized in a positive way through Dorothy Knerr's words.

Answer 1

d. Mary Louise is characterized in a positive way through Dorothy Knerr's words.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

d. Mary Louise is characterized in a positive way through Dorothy Knerr's words.

Step-by-step explanation:

It couldn't be a. because Sue Finley never said anything negative about Mary Louise but only said she wanted to hear her opinion and also said she had never known her to pose.

It also couldn't be b. because Jennie Allen didn't say anything positive about Louise and also didn't want to hear her opinion.

It could not have been c. either because Miss Stearne didn't say anything the whole time.

It would be d. because Dorothy did want to hear Louise's opinion and said that she had a way of untangling things.