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Read the following story summary:Fran is a college student and wants to live life by her own rules, but her father, Guy, is extremely controlling. Guy believes that his vast wealth gives him the right to push everyone around, including his adult daughter.Which of the following scenes best conveys the basic elements of this story? A."Not fair!" says Fran, scanning the chess board that sat between them for some sign of her error. "You must have cheated!"Guy chuckles. "Maybe I'm just that good." B.Fran and her father stand in a line for tickets outside a movie theater. "I heard you didn't do so well in your French class," says Guy. Fran looks stunned. "No, that's not true!" C.Fran and her father sit across from each other at the dinner table waiting on their food to be served. Every once in a while, they exchange angry glares, but they never actually say anything. D.Guy stands in the doorway of his kitchen, holding the phone to his ear. "Yes, I'm calling to find out if Fran attended class today." A pause. "What do you mean that's none of my business? Don't you know who I am?"

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D. Guy stands in the doorway of his kitchen, holding the phone to his ear. "Yes, I'm calling to find out if Fran attended class today." A pause. "What do you mean that's none of my business? Don't you know who I am?"

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the sentence that best conveys the basic elements of the story. In this story, we learn that Fran is an adult, but her father still wants to control most of her life. This is shown in this sentence. Guy appears to be very controlling, as he wants to monitor whether Fran is attending school or not. This appears to be controlling even to school officials, as they refuse to give him that information.

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Answer: I would contend that the right answer is the D) Guy stands in the doorway of his kitchen, holding the phone to his ear. "Yes, I'm calling to find out if Fran attended class today." A pause. "What do you mean that's none of my business? Don't you know who I am?"

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this scene conveys the basic elements of the story, since it shows that Guy is controlling—since he is calling presumably one of her daughter's classmates in order to find out if she attended class that day—and that he believes that his wealth gives him the right to push everyone around—since, when told that knowing if his daughter did or did not attend class was none of his business, he replied by saying "Don't you know who I am?" This is an illustration of his arrogance and his self-importance. Likewise, the fact that he called to find out if his daughter attended class, perhaps because he feared that she didn't, also reveals that Fran lives life the way she wants, since she is expected to attend class and she may not be doing so.

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