Question

Part A

What is a theme of Anne of Green Gables?


People often have unspoken desires.

People who are different have trouble getting along.

Meals are better with good conversations.

Everyone living on a farm has chores.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the excerpt best supports the answer to Part A?


“When the meal was ended Anne came out of her reverie and offered to wash the dishes.”

“‘For pity’s sake hold your tongue,’ said Marilla. ‘You talk entirely too much for a little girl.’”

“Anne washed the dishes deftly enough, as Marilla who kept a sharp eye on the process, discerned. Later on she made her bed less successfully, for she had never learned the art of wrestling with a feather tick.”

“That was Matthew's way—take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency—a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.”

Answer 1

Anne of Green Gables' dominant theme centers on how mistakes help people grow into good people.

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Answer 2

Part A: People often have unspoken desires

Part B: That was Matthew's way—take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency—a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.

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