Question

Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller."

In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character.

"Wouldn’t they have saved her if she hadn’t been good?” demanded the bigger of the small girls. It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask.

"Well, yes,” admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don’t think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.”

Which theme does this passage best support?

Pride goes before a fall.
People should try to be good.
It is necessary to question authority.
Children should be seen and not heard.

Answer 1

Answer: C. It is necessary to question authority.

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Answer 2

Answer: C. It is necessary to question authority.

Explanation: TRUST ME! Answer is correct on Edge. :)

"Wouldn’t they have saved her if she hadn’t been good?” demanded the bigger of the small girls. It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask.

"Well, yes,” admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don’t think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.”

The answer is C. It is necessary to question authority.

As the older girl questions the aunt, the aunt answers back in a unsure manner as if feeling pressured by the questioning of the older child.

Stop deleting my answer! It is not missing crucial evidence it is correct! Plus if you read the passage the answer is in there.