Question

In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, what assumption does the author make about girls from poor families in England during this time?

Answer 1

B) They have few alternatives because of their poverty.

(A) is incorrect -

Jane Eyre and Helen Burns benefited more from Miss Temple's cheese sandwiches than from

Mr. Brocklehurst's hypocritical speeches about God and religion.

(C) is incorrect -

Jane was stubborn only when she had to be. Her feistiness helped her cope with idiots like her cousin John Reed, and with people like Bessie, who meant well but was extremely uninsightful.

(D) is incorrect -

The girls at Lowood Institute didn't want to be expelled (but they didn't want to be mistreated, either).