Question

Read the excerpt from A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

A seaman yanked Mrs. Charlotte Collyer by the arm, another by her waist, and they dragged her from her husband Harvey. As she kicked to get free, she heard him call, "Go, Lottie! For God's sake, be brave and go! I'll get a seat in another boat!"

When Celiney Yasbeck saw she had to go alone, she began yelling and crying to rejoin Mr. Yasbeck, but the boat dropped to the sea while she tried in vain to get out.

No amount of persuasion or force could move Mrs. Hudson J. Allison of Montreal. A little apart from the rest, she huddled close to Mr. Allison, while their small daughter Lorraine tugged at her skirt.

The detail that best supports the central idea of families not wanting to be separated is that ______________________.

Answer 1

The answer is A - Charlotte Collyer had to be dragged away from her husband

Step-by-step explanation:

Because of her action this is proving that families did not want to seperate

Answer 2

"No amount of persuasion or force could move Mrs. Hudson J. Allison of Montreal"

The examples in this paragraph show different women who had to be forcibly removed from the sides of their husbands, or were not able to be separated from them, because they felt that their families were more important than survival. This specific detail shows that Mrs Hudson wanted more to keep her family together than get on a lifeboat that would save only her and her daughter.